Poems by Wilfred Owen - In the Trenches
By Wilfred Owen
2020
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“Poems by Wilfred Owen - In the Trenches” is a 1920 collection of poetry by English poet and soldier Wilfred Edward Salter Owen, MC (1893–1918). A leading poet during the First World War, his work concentrated on life in the trenches and gas warfare. Some of his best-known works include: "Dulce et Decorum est", "Insensibility", "Spring Offensive", "Anthem for Doomed Youth", "Futility", and "Strange Meeting". The poems include: “Strange Meeting”, “Greater Love”, “Apologia Pro Poemate Meo”, “The Show”, “Mental Cases”, “Parable Of The Old Men And The Young”, “Arms And The Boy”, “Anthem For Doomed Youth”, “The Send-Off”, “Insensibility”, “Dulce Et Decorum Est”, “The Sentry”, etc. A moving and stark representation of the horrors of life on the front lines not to be missed by fans and collectors of war poetry.
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Wilfred Owen
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Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the goodreads data base. Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC was an English poet and soldier, one of the leading poets of the First World War. His shocking, realistic war poetry on the horrors of trenches and gas warfare was heavily influenced by his friend Siegfried Sassoon and stood in stark contrast to both the public perception of war at the time, and to the confidently patriotic verse written earlier by other war poets such as Rupert Brooke. Among his best-known works—most of which were published posthumously—are "Dulce et Decorum Est", "Insensibility", "Anthem for Doomed Youth", "Futility" and "Strange Meeting".
