The book had a chapter “Women on War” which, presented insight and very detailed criticism on the female poetry to come out of World War I. Khan offers some excellent opinions regarding the literary quality of various works arguing that the woman’s interpretation of war and in essence their poetry was “informed by a more mature, compassionate and discerning outlook” (9). Khan presents several poems comparing and contrasting them between a more traditional outlook of war ladled with heroism and the “romanticized portrayal of soldiers as warring knights” (10) with a more “humane reflection” (7) of the nature of war given the women poets were not at the frontlines of battle. While the chapter reveals and explicates the works of several women
