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Michelle Willis (7/16/2008 6:04:00 PM)
An amazing poem which conveys the horror of the personal experience of war for soldiers, and dispels any romantic notions of the glory of it. |
Michael Pruchnicki (7/16/2008 4:43:00 PM)
A magnificent poem by a man who knew what he wrote about, and despite the likes of Alexis and Archie, who never shouldered a weapon in defense of their homeland, Wilfred Owens suffered the consequences of men who came forward in a time of peril to stand and fight against a foe who threatened the very existence of their nation! All for what, Archie? So you can write along with Alexis about the pointlessness of war and the sacrifice of those men who stand ready at the most inconvenient of times to fight and die so you can expound about the cost of war!
Sit in your classrooms safe and far removed from the dangers that lie in the world outside the university and its domain! |
Alexis Ravenhill (8/26/2007 9:49:00 PM)
This kind of stuff should be making the top 20, what with relevance to pointless war and all, but nooooooooo :)
Remember learning this in English A level, watching my teacher begin to cry, half the class and I with her, as she read. |
Archie Langford (7/16/2007 5:10:00 AM)
it was 8th in The Nation`s Favourits Poems one cannot imagine
the sheer hell of it and all for what |
Andrew Mcewan (4/1/2007 1:27:00 PM)
Should read 'Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud' in line 23. An amazing poem |
James Taylor (2/16/2007 3:17:00 PM)
Never before have a read such a powerful piece of literature. If I could talk to anyone person that has passed away it would be Wilfred Owen. |
Brian Dorn (7/23/2006 2:24:00 PM)
A powerful message intensified by the morbid imagery of a soldiers final sufferable moments and the obscenities of war. |
Abdullah Ahmed Geelah (5/23/2006 2:35:00 PM)
This is just another example of a poem informing that wars are a 'treat' to the world and humanity, the poem is well built up. it uses so many wonderful or should i say gruesome descripitions and imaginative words that actually make me imagine that i was there at that time. Also the Latin stanza/verse at the end is really powerful 'Dulce et Decoroum Est, pro patria mori' which means 'it is sweet and honourable to die for one's country'.
I LOVE IT! ! |
Sarah Munafo (1/6/2006 7:31:00 AM)
It's not really an emotional pladoyer - remember, he lived through these events, and when you analyse the poem, you'll see that it's a carefully controlled piece of writing. Check out the imagery, think about it and then watch E.M-Remarque's 'All Quiet on the Western Front'.
Unfortunately, knowing what war does does not stop us from wageing war. |
Ronberge . (7/4/2005 8:31:00 AM)
Powerful, tragic with a strong moral.
Ronberge. |
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