A comparison of Wilfred Owens 'Disabled' and 'Exposure'
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Tension and disability. A comparison between two poems, all of which are about war and the effects on the mind. Owen talks about World War 1 and how it can affect different people in different ways, his feelings are echoed in the form of characters. Both poems show how companionship almost ends due to war, all the old friends either die or never see you again. The endings and startings in each poem have the same effect; they leave the reader with a question; is war necessary? This question is very important, every soldier at the time must have been thinking why the war actually began, why did Britain get involved? Owen never answered this, but poems were still very emotional. 'Disabled' is about a young man, which went to war, and was sent off like a hero. When he came back a year later, he realised that if he kept...

