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Wilfred Owens, 'The Send off' and 'Dulce et Decorum Est.'
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Wilfred Owens, 'The Send off' and 'Dulce et Decorum Est.' Examine the different faces of war presented by Owen in these two poems. Explore the similarities and differences between the poems and bring out aspects of Owen's poetic technique. Wilfred Owen was born in Shropshire in 1893. He went to school at the Birkenhead Institute in Liverpool and studied at London University. From a young age he always wanted to be a poet. He suffered a severe illness then travelled to France due to health reasons. There he became a tutor in Bordeaux. He remained in France until 1915. After France, he joined the Manchester regiment and fell ill after long experiences of trench warfare. He was then sent to a military hospital in Edinburgh. This is where he met a fellow poet named Siegfried Sassoon. Sassoon had a great influence on Owen and encouraged him to write his poems about the...
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