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Wilfred Owen's War Poetry "My object is war and the pity of war. The poetry is in the pity."
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Wilfred Owen's War Poetry "My object is war and the pity of war. The poetry is in the pity." -Wilfred Owen An author's context always has a substantial influence on the text's they write. We will also find this holds true for poetry, if not more so. Poetry is often considered a collection of emotions generated from its writer and we can see this by not only analysing a poem, but by taking into consideration the poet's life as well. One such example is Wilfred Owen. Owen's poetry has been greatly influenced by his context, and not only by his involvement in World War 1 but the friendships he made in that time. Through knowing Owen's context we can interpret how the social, political and historical climate of the world influenced his poetry. Wilfred Owen was born in March, 1893. The course of his life changed many times before he went...
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