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How far does the poetry of Wilfred Owen break new ground in the Tradition of War Poetry?
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How far does the poetry Wilfred Owen break new ground in the Tradition of War Poetry? Most war poets writing before the First World War had not actually fought themselves, indeed the famous war poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" was written using information from a newspaper article. Most soldiers in the centuries before Wilfred Owen were illiterate and therefore did not write poems, this is what made Wilfred Owens poetry so much more realistic and immediate in contrast to previous war poetry before the first world war. "The Charge of the Light brigade," by Alfred Tennyson, was written soon after he read an article, published in The Times, in November 1854. It is about the British Cavalry, being given the wrong order, but instead of disobeying, even when they know that the command is wrong, they carry on and fight for their country. Tennyson honours the...
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