Tag Archives: Wilfred Owen

Mourning the Mouthless Dead

By Robin Bates | Published: May 28, 2018

Charles Hamilton Sorley, killed early in World War I, penned anti-war poetry that anticipated Wilfred Owen.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "When you see millions of the mouthless dead", Charles Hamilton Sorley, Memorial Day, war, World War I | Comments closed

Memorial Day: Anthem for Doomed Youth

By Robin Bates | Published: May 29, 2017

With Memorial Day, there is the danger that we will romanticize the deaths of the fallen rather than face up to the full tragedy. This tension can be seen in a number of World War I poems, some of which romanticize the fallen while others dwell on the absurdity of their deaths.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Anthem for Doomed Youth", "For the Fallen", "I Have a Rendezvous with Death", "Soldier", Alan Seeger, death and dying, Laurence Binyon, Memorial Day, Rupert Brooke, war, World War I | Comments closed

Soldier, Rest, Thy Warfare O’er

By Robin Bates | Published: May 25, 2015

In “Soldier Rest,” Sir Walter Scott captures how inviting death can look to those caught up in battle’s throes.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Strange Meeting", death and dying, Lady of the Lake, Memorial Day, Sir Walter Scott, war | Comments closed

Whitman’s Poem a Lesson for War Hawks

By Robin Bates | Published: April 9, 2015

In “The Wound-Binder,” Walt Whitman refuses to glorify war and only shows its bloody aftermath–a good thing to remember on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War’s final day.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Dulce et Decorum Est", "Wound-Binder", Civil War, death and dying, Walt Whitman, war fever | Comments closed

Would I Were in Grantchester

By Robin Bates | Published: March 13, 2015

The BBC series “Grantchester” owes its inspiration to a Rupert Brooke poem.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Old Vicarage: Grantchester", "Soldier", Grantchester, Rupert Brooke, World War I | Comments closed

The Fellowship of Soldiers

By Robin Bates | Published: November 10, 2014

In a poem for Veterans Day, Wilfred Owen captures the heartfelt emotions and the bonding that soldiers experience. Some of these emotions are genuinely moving, others are disturbing.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Apologia Pro Poemate Meo", Armistice Day, Veterans Day | Comments closed

Poetry Changed during World War I

By Robin Bates | Published: August 5, 2014

The horrors of World War I created some great poetry. But not in its early days.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Anthem for Doomed Youth", "Dulce et Decorum Est", "Futility", "Happy Is England Now", "I Have a Rendezvous with Death", "Soldier", "Strange Meeting", Soldiers, war, World War I | Comments closed

He Sleeps Less Cold Than We Who Wake

By Robin Bates | Published: May 26, 2014

Wilfred Owen’s “Asleep” looks with sorrow at the death of a comrade.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Asleep", anti-war poetry, death and dying, Memorial Day, war | Comments closed

Hagel: “No Glory, Only Suffering in War”

By Robin Bates | Published: February 4, 2013

Some of Chuck Hagel’s statements about war are reminiscent of the anti-war poetry of Wilfred Owen.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Dulce et Decorum Est", Chuck Hagel, Iraq War, John McCain, politics, Senate Hearings, war | Comments closed

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