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Wilfred Owen

Wilfred Owen Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC (18 March 1893 – 4 November 1918) 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 stood in stark contrast both to the public perception of war at the time, and to the confidently patriotic verse written by earlier war poets such as Rupert Brooke.
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Poems by Wilfred Owen

Anthem for Doomed Youth

Dulce et Decorum Est

Futility

Strange Meeting

The Send-Off