Wilfred
Owen is known by many as the leading poet of the First World
War. His poetry, does not spare the reader from the horror’s
of war. His influences stem from his friend Siegfried Sassoon,
and stand in stark contrast the idealistic prose of poets
such as Rupert Brooke.
Wilfred
Owen is known by many as the leading poet of the First World
War. His poetry, does not spare the reader from the horror’s
of war. His influences stem from his friend Siegfried Sassoon,
and stand in stark contrast the idealistic prose of poets
such as Rupert Brooke.
Owen was born near Oswestry, Shropshire. Owen was educated
at the Birkenhead Institute and at Shrewsbury Technical School.
He later passed the matriculation exam for the University
of London, but failed to secure a first-class honours required
for scholarship. Prior to the outbreak of war, Wilfred worked
as a private tutor, teaching English at the Berlitz School
of Languages in Bordeaux, France.
In 1915, he enlisted in the Artists’ Rifles, and in
January 1917 was commissioned as a second lieutenant with
the Manchester Regiment. He was treated for shellshock at
Craiglockhart War Hospital after some traumatic experiences
in battle, and it was here at the Edinburgh hospital, he was
to meet Siegfried Sassoon.
Wilfred Owen was killed in action on the 4th November 1918,
only one week before the end of the war, during the crossing
of the Sambre-Oise-Canal.
Wilfred
Owen is known by many as the leading poet of the First World
War. His poetry, does not spare the reader from the horror’s
of war. His influences stem from his friend Siegfried Sassoon,
and stand in stark contrast the idealistic prose of poets
such as 
