Uploaded December 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Here's a virtual movie of a recitation of the beautiful World War 1 Poem "Loves Sweet Effects" The Poem dates from the early part of World War 1,The author is unknown,The Poem was found in a Royal Medical Corp magazine issue in 1917 at the height of the Great War it is thought to have been written by a nurse at a base hospital.
What was a Base Hospital?
The Base Hospital was part of the casualty evacuation chain, further back from the front line than the Casualty Clearing Stations. They were manned by troops of the Royal Army Medical Corps, with attached Royal Engineers and men of the Army Service Corps. In the theatre of war in France and Flanders, the British hospitals were generally located near the coast. They needed to be close to a railway line, in order for casualties to arrive (although some also came by canal barge); they also needed to be near a port where men could be evacuated for longer-term treatment in Britain.
There were two types of Base Hospital, known as Stationary and General Hospitals. They were large facilities, often centred on some pre-war buildings such as seaside hotels. The hospitals grew hugely in number and scale throughout the war. Most of the hospitals moved very rarely until the larger movements of the armies in 1918. Some hospitals moved into the Rhine bridgehead in Germany and many were operating in France well into 1919. Most hospitals were assisted by voluntary organisations, most notably the British Red Cross
The Female poets of the Great War is a neglected area of poetry,yet their are many outstanding poems by women poets of the era as in the case of the anonymous author of this poem who is believed to have been a nurse. Women did see the horrors firsthand at the front treating the terrible casualties and and were exposed to the dangers of attack being so close to the action. On the home front they were to suffer the terrible psychological trauma of losing their loved ones. Women were also to take on the heavy industrial work in the civilian and and arms factories with all the hazards.Their were many reasons why women were inspired to express their emotions through poetry. There are numerous female poets that remain popular today. Dissimilar to the idea that their writings would be overshadowed by war stories told by men, these poets have many publications. Vera Brittain has written poems and stories about the Great War.[14] Not only was Brittain a writer, she was a nurse in the Voluntary Aid Detachment.[14] This shows the support women had for the war and the importance they played in a non-combative manner. In addition, Lady Margaret Sackville refers to the women during the Great War as life-savers.[31] More specifically, Sackville believes that women are supporting a war that is unnecessary in her poem The Pageant of War.[32] Rupert Brooke attributed women with more credit than had previously been given in his poem There’s Wisdom in Women which he published in 1914 & Other Poems.[33]
The bombing of England during World War One by the zeppelin raids provided citizens at home to see first-hand the devastation of war. Rose MaCaulay explains this in her poem The Shadow.[34] There was an attempt to show the relationship between the sufferings of soldiers on the battlefield with the suffering of British citizens at home. The Shadow was not MaCaulay’s only poem on the Great War. Many Sisters to Many Brothers expresses her distaste to the fact that the societal norm was to determine that women were more disabled than men in the war effort.[35] More specifically, there was an idea that the war was specifically fought and won by soldiers on the battlefield. Women played an important role in supporting the war, both at home and abroad. Vera Brittain’s poem The Sisters Buries at Lemnos is a poem about the heroics displayed by women during the war.[36] The role that women played in supporting the war must be remembered because many women were killed during the conflict. Brittain’s poem expresses disappointment that there is no memorial to remember the women that fell alongside the soldiers.[37]
The following is a list of a few popular female British poets writing about or during the Great War:
Vera Brittain
May Wedderburn Cannan
Margaret Postaget Cole
Rose MaCaulay
Alice Meynell
Jessie Pope
Margaret Sackville
Kind Regards
Jim Clark
All rights are reserved on this video recording copyright Jim Clark 2014
Here's a virtual movie of a recitation of the beautiful World War 1 Poem "Loves Sweet Effects" The Poem dates from the early part of World War 1,The author is unknown,The Poem was found in a Royal Medical Corp magazine issue in 1917 at the height of the Great War it is thought to have been written by a nurse at a base hospital.
What was a Base Hospital?
The Base Hospital was part of the casualty evacuation chain, further back from the front line than the Casualty Clearing Stations. They were manned by troops of the Royal Army Medical Corps, with attached Royal Engineers and men of the Army Service Corps. In the theatre of war in France and Flanders, the British hospitals were generally located near the coast. They needed to be close to a railway line, in order for casualties to arrive (although some also came by canal barge); they also needed to be near a port where men could be evacuated for longer-term treatment in Britain.
There were two types of Base Hospital, known as Stationary and General Hospitals. They were large facilities, often centred on some pre-war buildings such as seaside hotels. The hospitals grew hugely in number and scale throughout the war. Most of the hospitals moved very rarely until the larger movements of the armies in 1918. Some hospitals moved into the Rhine bridgehead in Germany and many were operating in France well into 1919. Most hospitals were assisted by voluntary organisations, most notably the British Red Cross
The Female poets of the Great War is a neglected area of poetry,yet their are many outstanding poems by women poets of the era as in the case of the anonymous author of this poem who is believed to have been a nurse. Women did see the horrors firsthand at the front treating the terrible casualties and and were exposed to the dangers of attack being so close to the action. On the home front they were to suffer the terrible psychological trauma of losing their loved ones. Women were also to take on the heavy industrial work in the civilian and and arms factories with all the hazards.Their were many reasons why women were inspired to express their emotions through poetry. There are numerous female poets that remain popular today. Dissimilar to the idea that their writings would be overshadowed by war stories told by men, these poets have many publications. Vera Brittain has written poems and stories about the Great War.[14] Not only was Brittain a writer, she was a nurse in the Voluntary Aid Detachment.[14] This shows the support women had for the war and the importance they played in a non-combative manner. In addition, Lady Margaret Sackville refers to the women during the Great War as life-savers.[31] More specifically, Sackville believes that women are supporting a war that is unnecessary in her poem The Pageant of War.[32] Rupert Brooke attributed women with more credit than had previously been given in his poem There’s Wisdom in Women which he published in 1914 & Other Poems.[33]
The bombing of England during World War One by the zeppelin raids provided citizens at home to see first-hand the devastation of war. Rose MaCaulay explains this in her poem The Shadow.[34] There was an attempt to show the relationship between the sufferings of soldiers on the battlefield with the suffering of British citizens at home. The Shadow was not MaCaulay’s only poem on the Great War. Many Sisters to Many Brothers expresses her distaste to the fact that the societal norm was to determine that women were more disabled than men in the war effort.[35] More specifically, there was an idea that the war was specifically fought and won by soldiers on the battlefield. Women played an important role in supporting the war, both at home and abroad. Vera Brittain’s poem The Sisters Buries at Lemnos is a poem about the heroics displayed by women during the war.[36] The role that women played in supporting the war must be remembered because many women were killed during the conflict. Brittain’s poem expresses disappointment that there is no memorial to remember the women that fell alongside the soldiers.[37]
The following is a list of a few popular female British poets writing about or during the Great War:
Vera Brittain
May Wedderburn Cannan
Margaret Postaget Cole
Rose MaCaulay
Alice Meynell
Jessie Pope
Margaret Sackville
Kind Regards
Jim Clark
All rights are reserved on this video recording copyright Jim Clark 2014
