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Term Paper Title	Jason Martin
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# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	7.24

Jason Martin
History/English
Swift/Forensic
8 March 1999

POETRY IN WORLD WAR I
     World War I was a long bitter war fought between the world’s powers between 1914 to 1918.  In this “Great War”, trench warfare was the primary type of fighting.  In the trenches, soldiers experienced horrible conditions.  These conditions led to some of the greatest poetry of the 20th century.  Wilfred Owen was one of the most talented poets of World War I, but he died before the war was over.  Wilfred Owen’s poems such as “Disillusionment”, “The Next War”, and “Anthem for Doomed Youth” accurately reflect the psychological consequences of World war I for the British soldiers in the trenches.
     Wilfred Owen was born in Oswestry, Shropshire, England on March 18, 1893.  Wilfred Owen began writing poetry as a child.  He attended Birkenhead institution, Liverpool, and continued his education at a Technical School in Shrewsbury.  Owen enlisted in the army in 1915, and was sent to the battlefield in France a year later.  Owen was injured seven months later and was sent to a military hospital near Edinburgh.  While recuperating there, he met a man who was impressed with his writing.  This man’s name was Siegried Sassoon, another talented poet during the war.  Sassoon was the reason Owen continued his writing and inspired his literature.  Wilfred Owen returned to the  front as company commander and received the military cross for bravery in October,  1918.  Soon after that, on November 4, 1918, he was killed while attempting to lead his men across the Sambre canal at Ors (“Wilfred Owen” l).  Owen’s poems remained unknown until 1920, when Sassoon gathered his works and published them.  Wilfred is now known as one of the greatest English anti-war poets of his time.
     Wilfred Owen primarily fought in the trenches.  These trenches were build mainly to protect soldiers from the new machine gun that could fire over one-hundred and twenty rounds a minute and from bombs constantly being dropped or fired.  The trenches on the  Western Front extended from the North Sea to the Swiss border (“Trench Warfare l).  The images of trench warfare experienced by the soldiers on all fronts during World War I had left a permanent impression on the minds of people throughout the century.  Trench warfare left the Allies and the Central Powers in a tactical stalemate because no ground was gained (“Trench Warfare” l).  Between the two front line trenches was an area called “No Man’s Land.”  This area was filled ...

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