That is why the true Poets must be truthful. Yet these elegies are not to this generation, this is in no sense consolatory. Source: The Poems of Wilfred Owen, edited by Jon Stallworthy (W. The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds, And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds. The subject of it is War, and the pity of War. Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes. Nor is it about deeds or lands, nor anything about glory, honour, dominion or power, except War.Ībove all, this book is not concerned with Poetry. The poem has a very telling title, which reflects the speaker’s anger and mourning for the deaths of young soldiers sent to battle during the First World War. English Poetry is not yet fit to speak of them. And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds. From his preface: "This book is not about heroes. Only five poems were published before his death in November, 1918. One of the best regarded war poets for his shocking realism about the horrors of war, Anthem for Doomed Youth is one of Owen's most famous poems from his collection published posthumously in 1919.
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