3.5 stars, read for university.
4.5 Stars.***Read For School***
This has a lot of interesting history of the period, as well as an introduction to the different genres and writers.Not something I would have read right now if I didn't have to read it for class, however, the Norton Anthologies never disappoint me.
4.5 Stars.***Read For School***
My favourites were:With an Identity DiscThe LetterDulce Et Decorum EstAsleepThe Last LaughThe ChancesThe SentryWild with all Regrets
Dulce Et Decorum Est still sends shivers up my spine. We studied in in school for GCSE and it is one of those poems I find myself going back to and reading again.I like war poetry, somehow it has more meaning then others. I'm no judge of good poetry, I admit I don't really get most of it - but some ...
Owen, a poet who fought and died in WWI, is best known for "Dulce Et Decorum Est." He is excellent at haunting imagery (“froth corrupted lungs”) and has a good ear (“Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots,/But limped on, blood-shod…”). This is the first time I’ve read a poetry book straight t...
This was the text for my second semester senior English class in high school. I understand the teacher retired after that year to take a job driving buses or something. I wouldn't blame him, because I doubt if he got much out of the six of us. But he was the best literature professor I ever had.
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