Wilfred Owen Anthem for Doomed Youth

This DragonGate Study note captures Wilfred Owen's exploration of the unbridgeable gulf that exists between the solder's experience of the battlefield and the civilian's understanding of what dying on that field really entails. It challenges the reader to confront the potential emptiness of the political jargon used to justify the sacrifice of young men in war. Frances Russell-Matthews is a lawyer and teacher, a literary critic and novelist. She has over forty years of experience...
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This DragonGate Study note captures Wilfred Owen's exploration of the unbridgeable gulf that exists between the solder's experience of the battlefield and the civilian's understanding of what dying on that field really entails. It challenges the reader to confront the potential emptiness of the political jargon used to justify the sacrifice of young men in war. Frances Russell-Matthews is a lawyer and teacher, a literary critic and novelist. She has over forty years of experience teaching English studies and English literature at tertiary, secondary and primary school level.