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"Cannon Fodder" and "The Armistice" The two poems are both written during the time of the First World War, and reflect the emotions felt towards the war. Both poets have different experiences of the war, yet share a common grief. They reflect their grief and other emotions through their use of language. In the poem "cannon Fodder", Wilfred Owen tries to convey to the reader the terror that he felt when discovering the corpse of the soldier seven days after his death. Owen uses very powerful imagery to show the reader the horror of the corpse: "Feeling the damp, chill circlet of flesh Loosen its hold On muscles and sinews and bones" This represents the decay and decomposition of the corpse, and he shows us the horror of seeing the extent of the decay by using a metaphor. The flesh isn't really holding on to the dead soldiers body, but it is...

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