Analysing the poem Disabled

Gerry Klein 6.9.03
Analysing ‘Disabled’
By Wilfred Owen

The poem is divided in to six stanzas with inconsistent number of verses. Owen uses an irregular ABAB rhyme and although there is a rhythm present in the poem, it is not held consistent in every verse however most of the verses contain 10 syllables. In the first stanza Owen talks about the life of a solder after the war and in the second stanza it switches to talking about the memories of the “old times”, in each stanza this switches in the setting is made with exception of the last stanza which breaks the pattern and also takes place after the war.
The poem is written in first person. Alliterations are used three times in this poem to highlight key ideas. In verse five the crippled soldier is longing for the pleasures of his past life as he listens to the “Voices of play and pleasure after day”. In verse nine the mention of “girls glanced” und...