Glory of Women

This poem begins by glorifying women and all that they do while the men are away at war. However, later in the poem the attitude of the speaker alters, as he states, "O German mother dreaming by the fire, while you are knitting socks to send your son his face is trodden deeper in the mud." I think this is the most compelling line of the entire poem in that it states that while mothers are sitting at home, safe and comfortable, their sons or husbands or brothers are lying in the mud, cold and scared.