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Commentary on Wilfred Owen's Anthem for Doomed Youth Wilfred Owen's Anthem for Doomed Youth is a reflection on the fate of soldiers fighting and dying on the front. Moreover, being written in 1917, the poem may be considered the author's comment on the World War that was in progress at the time. The theme of death, which is predominant in the poem, is first introduced already in the title of the work. Calling the fighting youth doomed, Owen emphasises that their fate has already been decided. The fact makes their death and burial seem even more tragic, inhuman, cattle-like and impersonal. Such portrayal of the young soldiers' death is effectively used by the speaker to arouse emotions in the reader. There is no definite addressee of the poem; the speaker seems to be addressing the mankind in general. Together with mentioned arousal of emotions, the purpose of the work is to provoke...

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