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Examine the way three poems by Wilfred Owen depict the horror of war.
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Examine the way three poems by Wilfred Owen depict the horror of war. Wilfred Owen was an English poet who specialised in writing about war, mainly because he endured some of the worst parts of them. He joined the Army in October 1915. Most likely expectant of glory and recognition. Little did he know he would eventually fight in the Somme. He was put in hospital only two years after he joined in 1917 because of shell shock. This was caused by the explosions from shells and the content of war in general. When in hospital he became aquainted with Siegfried Sassoon, who was also a war poet. Each poet was strongly against the war and all it stood for. When in hospital (and in contact with on another)they greatly contributed to each other's poetry. Wilfred Owen decided to rejoin the Armed Forces in 1819. Unfortunately he died soon before...
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