This book is not about heroes. English poetry is not yet fit to speak of them. Nor is it about deeds, or lands, nor anything about glory, honour, might, majesty, dominion, or power, except War. Above all I am not concerned with Poetry. My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity.
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About Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen was a 19th-century English poet and soldier. Wilfred Edward Salter Owen was an English poet and soldier. He was one of the leading poets of the First World War. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- War — Reflections on conflict, peace, and the human cost of war