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Poetry
Chapters (27)
- Introduction 0:00
- Preface 3:51
- The Sentry 4:46
- The Chances 7:10
- Anthem for Doomed Youth 8:23
- Apologia Pro Poemate Meo 9:20
- Wild with All Regrets 11:32
- The End 14:26
- Dulce Et Decorum Est 15:17
- Insensibility 17:27
- Conscious 20:18
- Strange Meeting 21:15
- Strange Meeting 24:23
- Arms and the Boy 25:45
- The Dead-Beat 26:31
- S.I.W. 27:46
- The Show 30:07
- Futility 32:11
- Disabled 32:59
- Greater Love 35:40
- A Terre 36:58
- The Send-Off 41:41
- Mental Cases 42:43
- Parable of the Old Men and the Young 44:40
- Exposure 45:36
- Spring Offensive 48:33
- Smile, Smile, Smile 51:37
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Wilfred Owen was a soldier and poet during the second half of the First World War. His poetry, contrary to the propaganda of the time, dealt with the horrors of front-line trench warfare and was written at least partially out of a sense of duty to tell of the realities of war. Most of his poetry was published posthumously in 1920 after his death in combat in November 1918, a mere week before the armistice was signed.
His poetry, along with that of his close friend Siegfried Sassoon, is now regarded as an authentic voice of the experiences of the soldiers of the War. Held in especially high regard are Dulce Et Decorum Est with its vivid description of a gas attack, and Anthem for Doomed Youth. The poems are here presented in chronological order according to the date of final revision.