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Critical Response: 'The Sentry' by Wilfred Owen 'The Sentry' by Wilfred Owen, written as a result of a horrific incident the poet witnessed in the trenches of World War One, tells the reader of the terrible conditions and experiences that the men endured throughout the war. He focuses on a particular memory of when a sentry was blasted from his post and was badly hurt. Owens description of this traumatising event evokes clear images in the reader's mind and it becomes even more poignant when we consider this is a real life experience of the poet. The first lines of this poem quickly bring us to realise the abysmal conditions of the trenches in world war one. The descriptions of the weather: "Rain, guttering down in waterfalls of slime" shows the strength and volume of rain falling on the men, and by using onomatopoeia in the word ''guttering" Owen describes the rain effectively....

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