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A comparative study of war poems. By Carl Casis I have chosen the poems 'Disabled', 'Does it matter' and 'Suicide in the trenches'. The poem 'Disabled' by Wilfred Owen tells of one mans turmoil due to the effects of war. Owen describes a man whose life is ruined because now he is 'legless' due to the fact that his limbs were blown up in the battlefield. This is evident in the third line of the poem where it says 'Legless, sewn short at the elbow. I think Owen tries to express his sympathy and wants us to sympathise with the man. Owen chooses his words carefully. 'He sat in wheeled chair, waiting for dark, And shivering in his ghastly suit of grey,' I think 'waiting for dark' could be a metaphor for waiting for death. His 'ghastly suit of grey' could symbolise his feelings. He hears 'voices' of 'boys' and 'play' these could remind him of...

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