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Lifetime: 1893 - 1918 Passed: ≈ 106 years ago

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Wilfred Owen

Books by Wilfred Owen

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Anthem for Doomed Youth

Poetry War Tragedy
Death Sacrifice Loss Anti-War Patriotism Verse World war i British Literature Elegy Grief 20th century poetry War Poetry War Elegy Modernist Poetry Classic Poetry War Verse Anzac ANZAC Poetry

LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 different recordings of Anthem for Doomed Youth, by Wilfred Owen, in honor of Veteran’s Day, Remembrance Day, and Armistice Day, 2006. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of November 5th.

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Dulce et Decorum Est

Poetry War Tragedy
War Death Sacrifice Suffering Humanity Anti-War Patriotism Poetry Soldiers Reality Illusion Trench Warfare Trauma WWI Gas attack Owen Dread

LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 different recordings of Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of May 18th, 2008.

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Smile, Smile, Smile

Poetry War Tragedy
War Death Tragedy Courage Sacrifice Suffering Patriotism Mortality Soldiers Despair Futility Comradeship

LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Smile, Smile, Smile by Wilfred Owen. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of November 9th, 2008.

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Poems

Poetry War
Death Loss Suffering Trench Warfare War Poetry British poetry War Experience Modernist Poetry Anti-war poetry World War I poetry Gas warfare

This collection of poems by Wilfred Owen, one of the most notable poets of World War I, reflects the horrors of trench and gas warfare and challenges the patriotic fervor that fueled the war. Owen's vivid and unflinching depictions of the physical an...

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Wheels - The Fourth Cycle

Poetry War
Anthology Poetry World war i Modernism Sitwell Family Aldous Huxley Arnold James Iris Tree Sherard Vines Edith Sitwell Osbert Sitwell Sacheverell Sitwell Wilfred Owen Francisco Quevedo

This collection of poetry, published in 1919, features works by a diverse group of poets, including several prominent figures of the early 20th century. It is particularly notable for its inclusion of poems by the recently deceased Wilfred Owen, whos...