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Which account has the most powerful impact on you and why? The Sentry and the letter, that Wilfred Owen wrote, are both powerful accounts of the war. Personally, both accounts become more effective as Owen experienced war first hand. Due to Owen's first hand experiences he could use honesty as a form of dramatic effect. Although, because people knew Owen was a soldier of war, he could exaggerate to the reader to provide another form of dramatic effect. The purposes, of both the poem and the letter, is to show how horrendous the war actually was. The Sentry goes further to explain a particular incident using speech as, 'he whined, "Oh sir, my eyes"'. This helps you visualise a realistic account of how horrific Owen's surroundings were at the time. The purpose explaining the war, to the readers of the poem and to his mother through the letter, was because...

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