21. First World War.com - Prose & Poetry - Max Plowman Prose Poetry Wilfred Owen Updated - Sunday, 2 September, 2001. WilfredEdward Salter Owen (1893-1918) was born on March 18, 1893. http://www.firstworldwar.com/poetsandprose/owen.htm

Updated - Sunday, 2 September, 2001 Wilfred Edward Salter Owen (1893-1918) was born on March 18, 1893. He was on the Continent teaching until he visited a hospital for the wounded and then decided, in September, 1915, to return to England and enlist. "I came out in order to help these boys - directly by leading them as well as an officer can; indirectly, by watching their sufferings that I may speak of them as well as a pleader can. I have done the first" (October, 1918). Owen was injured in March 1917 and sent home; he was fit for duty in August, 1918, and returned to the front. November 4, just seven days before the Armistice , he was caught in a German machine gun attack and killed. He was twenty-five when he died. The bells were ringing on November 11, 1918, in Shrewsbury to celebrate the Armistice when the doorbell rang at his parent's home, bringing them the telegram telling them their son was dead. "My subject is war, and the pity of war. The poetry is in the pity." - Owen. Futility Move him into the sun - Gently its touch awoke him once

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26. ÀÛ°¡: Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) Wilfred Owen. Wilfred Owen (18931918) Wilfred Owen ? . ? ? http://www.spoem.com/english_p7/wil_owen.htm

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27. Detailed Record Journey from obscurity, Wilfred Owen, 18931918 Memoirs of the Owenfamily. • By Harold Owen • Publisher London ; New York http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/ow/93ca496ee632ca6b.html

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28. Owen, Wilfred Owen, Wilfred (18931918). English poet. From early youth he wrote poetry,much of it at first inspired by religion. He became increasingly http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/O/owenwilfred/1.

Owen, Wilfred English poet. From early youth he wrote poetry, much of it at first inspired by religion. He became increasingly disapproving of the role of the church in society, and sympathetic to the plight of the poor. In 1913, he went to France and taught English there until 1915. Owen made the difficult decision to enlist in the army and fight in World War I (1914-1918). He entered the war in January 1917 and fought as an officer in the Battle of the Somme but was hospitalized for shell shock that May. In the hospital he met Siegfried Sassoon, a poet and novelist whose grim antiwar works were in harmony with Owen's concerns. Under Sassoon's care and tutelage, Owen began producing the best work of his short career; his poems are suffused with the horror of battle, and yet finely structured and innovative. Owen's use of half-rhyme (pairing words which do not quite rhyme) gives his poetry a dissonant, disturbing quality that amplifies his themes. He died one year after returning to battle and one week before the war ended in 1918. Owen was awarded the Military Cross for serving in the war with distinction. Full recognition as a highly esteemed poet came after Owen's death. Owen's considerable body of war poetry, traditional in form, is a passionate expression of outrage at the horrors of war and of pity for the young soldiers sacrificed in it. Nine of these poems form the text for the choral War Requiem (1962) by the English composer

29. The Poems Of Wilfred Owen Wilfred T. Owen brief biography and some poems of the Great War poet. Wilfred Owen(1893-1918) - short biography with links to his poems. Poets of Shropshire. http://www.pitt.edu/~pugachev/greatwar/owen.html

The Poems of Wilfred Owen. Wilfred OwenThe Greatest of the Poets of the Great War DULCE ET DECORUM EST Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind; Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind. Gas! GAS! Quick, boys! An ecstasy of fumbling, Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time; But someone still was yelling out and stumbling, And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime . . . Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light, As under a green sea, I saw him drowning. In all my dreams, before my helpless sight, He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning. If in some smothering dreams you too could pace Behind the wagon that we flung him in, And watch the white eyes writhing in his face, His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin; If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood

30. L'astronomie Et La Poesie : Wilfred Owen Owen, Journey from obscurity ; Wilfred Owen 1893-1918 (1963-1965), 3 volumes; http://pages.infinit.net/noxoculi/owen.html

Nox Oculis Wilfred Owen War Requiem O World of many worlds O World of many worlds, O life of lives, What centre hast thou ? Where am I ? O whither is it thy fierce onrush drives ? Fight I, or drift ; or stand ; or fly ? The loud machinery spins, points work in touch ; Wheels whirl in systems, zone in zone. Myself having sometime moved with such, Would strike a centre of mine own. Lend hand, O Fate, for I am down, am lost ! Fainting by violence of the Dance... Ah thanks, I stand - the floor is crossed, And I am where but few advance. I see men far below me where they swarm... (Haply above me - be it so ! Does space to compass-points conform, And can we say a star stands high or low ?) Not more complex the millions of the stars Than are the hearts of mortal brothers ; As far remote as Neptune from small Mars Is one man's nature from another's. But all hold course unalterably fixed ; They follow destinies foreplanned : I envy not these lives in their faith unmixed, I would not step with such a band. To be a meteor, fast, eccentric, lone

31. RBML Collections: Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918. . Creator Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918.......Columbia University Rare Books and Manuscript Library Manuscript andArchival Collections. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/rbml_collection

Columbia University Rare Books and Manuscript Library - Manuscript and Archival Collections Description Creator: Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918. Title: Papers,1917-1965. Physical Description: 68 items (1 box) Call Number: Location: Columbia University.Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New York, NY. Subjects: Biographical Note Poet. British World War I poet Wilfred Owen was killed on the battlefield in France. His POEMS were posthumously edited and published by his friend Siegfried Sassoon. Scope and Contents The letters written by Mrs. Owen contain a great deal of information about her son, his manuscripts and papers, and the preparations for the 1931 edition of the POEMS edited by Edmund Blunden. The Harold Owen letters cover a wide range of subjects are of particular interest for the information about the writing of his book, JOURNEY FROM OBSCURITY: MEMOIRS OF THE OWEN FAMILY. There are also three poetry manuscripts in the collection: autograph manuscript of "The Blind" (published as "The Sentry"), 37 lines, 2pp., September 1918; autograph manuscript of "Spring Offensive," 18 lines, 1 p., September 1918, early draft of the poem as published in POEMS, 1920, edited by Sassoon; and autograph manuscript of "Shadwell Stair," 16 lines, 1 p., ca. November 1917.

32. Anthem For Doomed Youth, Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) Anthem for Doomed Youth. Wilfred Owen (18931918). What passing-bellsfor these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~winikoff/music/wilfred.html

Anthem for Doomed Youth Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. - Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons. No mockeries for them; no prayers nor bells; Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs, - The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells; And bugles calling for them from sad shires. What candles may be held to speed them all? Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes Shall shine the holy glimmers of good-byes. The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall; Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds, And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.

33. British War Poetry-WWI Wilfred Owen (18931918) Anthem for a Doomed Youth What passing-bells forthese who die as cattle? Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) Dulce et Decorum Est http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1914warpoets.html

Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: World War I Poetry: Siegfried Sassoon "How to Die" Link to Collected Poems [At Columbia] Wilfred Owen "Anthem for a Doomed Youth" Link to Collected Poems [At Toronto] Wilfred Owen "Dulce et Decorum Est" Herbert Read "The Happy Warrior" W.N.Hodgson "Before Action" Wilfred Gibson "Back" Link to Collected Poems [At Columbia] Philip Larkin "MCMXIV" Link to Poems [At Hooked.net] Siegfried Sassoon "How to Die" Dark clouds are smouldering into red While down the craters morning burns. The dying soldier shifts his head To watch the glory that returns; He lifts his fingers toward the skies Where holy brightness breaks in flame; Radiance reflected in his eyes, And on his lips a whispered name. You'd think, to hear some people talk, That lads go West with sobs and curses, And sullen faces white as chalk, Hankering for wreaths and tombs and hearses. But they've been taught the way to do it Like Christian soldiers; not with haste

34. Poetry: Wilfred Owen BIOGRAPHY Wilfred Owen (18931918) was born in the Shropshire countryside of Englandand had begun writing verse before he matriculated at London University http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/poetry/owen.htm

MM_preloadImages('../images/m_research_o.gif'); MM_preloadImages('../images/m_related_o.gif'); MM_preloadImages('../images/m_literary_o.gif'); MM_preloadImages('../images/m_critical_o.gif'); MM_preloadImages('../images/m_essays_o.gif'); MM_preloadImages('../images/m_poetry_o.gif'); MM_preloadImages('../images/m_drama_o.gif'); MM_preloadImages('../images/m_fiction_o.gif'); Wilfred Owen LINKS Wilfred Owen http://www.cc.emory.edu/ENGLISH/LostPoets/Owen2.html This site contains a brief biography of Owen and the texts of several of his poems which are accompanied by recordings of the poems and interesting images from the World War I period. BIOGRAPHY Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) was born in the Shropshire countryside of England and had begun writing verse before he matriculated at London University, where he was known as a quiet and contemplative student. After some years of teaching English in France, Owen returned to England and joined the army. He was wounded in 1917 and killed in action leading an attack a few days before the armistice was declared in 1918. Owen's poems, published only after his death, along with his letters from the front to his mother, are perhaps the most powerful and vivid accounts of the horror of war to emerge from the First World War.

35. Poetry: Wilfred Owen Back to List Wilfred Owen (18931918) LINKS Wilfred Owen http//www.cc.emory.edu/ENGLISH/LostPoets/Owen2.htmlThis site contains http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/introduction_literature/poetry/owen.htm

Wilfred Owen LINKS Wilfred Owen http://www.cc.emory.edu/ENGLISH/LostPoets/Owen2.html This site contains a brief biography of Owen and the texts of several of his poems which are accompanied by recordings of the poems and interesting images from the World War I period. BIOGRAPHY Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) was born in the Shropshire countryside of England and had begun writing verse before he matriculated at London University, where he was known as a quiet and contemplative student. After some years of teaching English in France, Owen returned to England and joined the army. He was wounded in 1917 and killed in action leading an attack a few days before the armistice was declared in 1918. Owen's poems, published only after his death, along with his letters from the front to his mother, are perhaps the most powerful and vivid accounts of the horror of war to emerge from the First World War.

36. Wilfred Owen (1893-1918), Poet Wilfred Owen (18931918), Poet Sitter in 1 portrait Poet. Born in Oswestry, Owenenlisted in 1915 and was commissioned into the Manchester Regiment in 1916. http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp06004

37. Wilfred Owen - Futility Zijn vroege gedichten staan sterk onder de invloed van het zinnelijke van Keats,de grote Romantische dichter (17951821). Wilfred Owen (1893-1918). http://www.wereldoorlog1418.nl/corner/owen.html

Wilfred Owen naar poetry corner Wilfred Owen - Futility Move him into the sun, - Gently its touch awoke him once, At home, whispering of fields unsown. Always it woke him, even in France, Until this morning and this snow. If anything might rouse him now The kind old sun will know. Think how it wakes the seeds, - Woke, once, the clays of a cold star. Are limbs, so dear-achieved, are sides, Full-nerved, -still warm, - too hard to stir? Was it for this the clay grew tall? - O what made fatuous sunbeams toil - To break earth's sleep at all? In het voorgaande deel lazen we To His Love van Ivor Gumey , gericht aan een geliefde vriend, net gestorven, en over de landelijke genoegens van hun deel van Engeland voor de oorlog. Deze keer een gedicht van Wilfred Owen over een gestorven vriend. Owen werd in 1893 geboren als zoon van een spoorwegwerker. Nadat hij toegelaten was aan de Londense Universiteit, staakte hij zijn opleiding en ging in 1913 naar Frankrijk, waar hij in Bordeaux Engelse les ging geven en door een Franse dichter aangemoedigd werd verder te gaan met de poëzie. Zijn vroege gedichten staan sterk onder de invloed van het zinnelijke van Keats, de grote Romantische dichter (1795-1821). Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) Nadat hij in 1915 terugkeert naar Engeland om dienst te nemen en aan het front is gekomen, verandert zijn poëzie: het wordt abrupter, er komen experimenten met rijm en ritme. Zo brengt hij zijn poëzie dichter bij de realiteit: minder mooi, vol woede en medelijden. Bekend is o.a. in fictie -vorm beschreven in Pat Barkers trilogie, hoe hij na verwondingen, als officier, gestuurd wordt naar het Craiglockhart hospitaal bij Edinburgh van de eminente psychiater Dr. Rivers. Daar ontmoet hij Siegfried Sassoon, ouder, met een andere achtergrond en met een opleiding in Cambridge. Sassoon geeft Owen goede poëtische adviezen.

38. Kalaidjian/Roof/Watt, Understanding Literature, 1/e - Poetry Poetry A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Wilfred Owen (18931918) LINKS http//www.hcu.ox.ac http://college.hmco.com/english/kalaidjian/understanding_lit/1e/students/poetry/

Drama Fiction Poetry Textbook Site for: Understanding Literature Walter Kalaidjian - Emory University Judith Roof - Michigan State University Stephen Watt - Indiana University Poetry A B C D ... Z Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) LINKS http://www.hcu.ox.ac.uk/jtap/browse.html This link connects you to the Owen Archive, which contains Owen's poetry manuscripts, letters, as well as photographs, video, and audio files on World War I. http://www.emory.edu/ENGLISH/LostPoets/Owen2.html This link connects you to the Lost Poets of World War I web site hosted by Emory University. It contains a short biography of Owen and selected poems as well as an audio file of a letter Owen wrote to Sir Osbert Sitwell in 1918. BIOGRAPHY The son of a railway clerk, Wilfred Owen showed early talent as a poet and despite his mother's encouragement of his love for literature, failed in 1912 to win a scholarship to London University. Instead, he taught English the following year at a Berlitz School in Bordeaux. After the start of the Great War, Owen returned to England in 1915 where he lived for a time at the Poetry Bookshop managed by Harold Monro. Two years later, Owen joined the 2nd Manchesters Regiment where, on the Somme, he was exposed to the trauma of trench warfare. In 1917, Owen suffered a concussion and after prolonged exposure to the violence of war on the front lines was blown into the air by a shell blast. Diagnosed with shell shock, he recuperated near Edinburgh at Craiglockhart Hospital where he met Siegfried Sassoon who helped clarify Owen's poetic aims and introduced him to the author Robert Graves. By the end of 1917, Owen received a promotion to the rank of lieutenant, publishing poems in

39. Public Record Office | Virtual Museum | Document Icons | Wilfred Owen's Service Wilfred Owen (18931918) is one of Britain s most famous First World War poets.He was born in Shropshire and brought up in Birkenhead near Liverpool. http://www.pro.gov.uk/virtualmuseum/icons/wilf.htm

This document is the War Office certification of the death of the famous First World War Poet, Wilfred Owen, on 4th November 1918 - just one week before the end of the war. Owen's death was reported by his commanding officer two days later and acknowledged by General Headquarters on 11th November - armistice day. The document reference for Wilfred Owen's death certification is WO 138/74 For further information see: Virtual Museum Public Record Office Museum Guide (PRO Publications, London, 2001) Wilfred Owen Multimedia Digital Archive

40. Owen, Wilfred (1893-1918) - Anthem For Doomed Youth Owen, Wilfred (18931918) Anthem for Doomed Youth What passing-bellsfor these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. http://www.smashin.btinternet.co.uk/poetry/owen1.htm

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