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Discuss four poems by Wilfred Owen and discuss the views of war given in each poem. Say which you find effective and why.
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Discuss four poems by Wilfred Owen and discuss the views of war given in each poem. Say which you find effective and why. The four poems that I am going to study are:> 'The dead beat'> 'Mental cases.'> 'Dulce et decorum est,'> 'Inspection,' Wilfred Owen was born in Owestry, Shropshire; he was the son of a railway worker. He came under the influence of contemporary French poetry. He enlisted in 1915 becoming a second lieutenant of the Manchester regiment. He was wounded three times while he was in France and then after that was diagnosed with shell shock. In may 1917 and in June he was sent to the Craiglockhart war hospital in Edinburgh. This is where he wrote the poem 'The Dead Beat'. The first poem, 'The Dead Beat' was written at Craiglockhart war hospital in august 1917. His time here was to be of great importance...
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