Apologia Pro Poemate Meo by Wilfred OwenJacqueline MwaiMehboob Chatur

Wilfred Owen’s Intention

Written on November 1917 – after his release from the hospital, in France.

‘My subject is war and the pity of war. My poetry is in the pity’ - Owen’s preface…

Structure

Regular rhyme scheme of ABAB – constant mood in the poem.

9 stanzas, 4 lines each.

Main Literary Devices

Imagery

Rhyming schemes

Synecdoche

Mood/Tone

Value of soldiers

Good and bad

Lost in their own thoughts

Appreciation

Themes

Dehumanization of soldiers

Misunderstanding by people

Religion