Wilfred Owen
Birth date: March 18, 1893
Died: November 04, 1918
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The fourth, and final, Dover poetry anthology I am reviewing. As with the others, it is an easily portable, inexpensive book. Includes work by 58 poets. Ten were born before 1600, another six in the 17th century, twelve in the 18th century, and two in the 20th century. So 28 were born in the 19th c...
I loved the Wordsworth Edition of this book, it has an amazing introduction (and notes) by Owen Knowles. The poems are ordered chronologically so you can see the changes in Wilfred Owen's writings, especially after his enlistment. The fact that he wanted his poems to include and be also understandab...
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...
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