Wilfred Owen
Dulce et writer
Wilfred Owen was a British poet who wrote about the horrors of World War I, in which he served and died at age 25.
His visceral depictions of trench warfare—gas attacks, shell shock, futile death—challenged romantic notions of military glory.
Poems like "Dulce et Decorum Est" and "Anthem for Doomed Youth" are taught as masterworks of war literature.
- World War IFirst global military conflict
- war poetAuthor of conflict verse
- anti-war sentimentOpposition to armed conflict
- soldierArmed forces member
- poetryMetrical literary composition
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