![]() ![]() Written in a sonnet format with a rhyme scheme very close to that of Shakespeare’s, ‘ Anthem for Doomed Youth’s’ form reflects Owens’s anger with its use of irony through the sonnet format – commonly associated with a love poem, Owen uses the sonnet form ironically. In his poem ‘ Anthem for Doomed Youth’ Owen passes judgement on his experience of war and uses the poem as a lament for the dead. ![]() Wilfred Owen, regarded as being the leading poet for the First World War, is eminent for his blunt and unequivocal views on war he is exceptionally successful in conveying the harsh reality and brutality of not just World War One but of war on a universal scale. “ The good man is the friend of all living things” ~ Mahatma Ghandiįocus: In what ways does Wilfred Owen present his thoughts and feelings about war through nature and agricultural language in his poem ‘ Anthem for Doomed Youth’ and other selected works? ![]()
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