Wilfred Owen

Wilfred Owen was a British poet of the First World War. His work is known for its unflinching depiction of trench warfare and its condemnation of the horrors of battle. Biographie ↓Plus ↓

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Wilfred Owen

The Young Soldier

It is not death Without hereafter To one in dearth Of life and its laughter, Nor the sweet murder Dealt slow and even Unto the martyr Smiling at heaven: It is the smile Faint as a (waning) myth, Faint, and exceeding small On a boy's murdered mouth.

Wilfred Owen

Disabled

He sat in a wheeled chair, waiting for dark, And shivered in his ghastly suit of grey, Legless, sewn short at elbow. Through the park Voices of boys rang saddening like a hymn, Voices of play and pleasure after day, Till gathering sleep had mothered them from him. About this time Town used to swing so gay When glow-lamps budded in the light-blue trees And girls glanced lovelier as the air grew dim, -- In the old times, before he threw away his knees. Now he will never feel again how slim Girls' waists are, or how warm their subtle hands, All of them touch him like some queer disease. There was an artist silly for his face, For it was younger than his youth, last year.

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He was born in 1893 and died in 1918. Owen served as a soldier on the Western Front. His poetry often employs vivid, realistic imagery and innovates with pararhyme and assonance to convey the trauma of combat. Themes of pity, disillusionment, and the waste of young life pervade his work. Notable poems include Dulce et Decorum Est and Anthem for Doomed Youth. He is regarded as one of the most significant war poets in English literature. His verse powerfully shaped public memory of the conflict. Most of his poetry was published posthumously, edited by his friend Siegfried Sassoon. Owen was killed in action just one week before the Armistice of 1918.

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