Wilfred owen

Wilfred Owen was a poet who wrote poetry on the horrors of World War 1. He started writing his poems on war because of his participation in World War 1 and his experiences he went through. The main issue in his poems being ‘the horrors of war.’ Owen writes about the ‘horrors of war’ because he want to show people the truth about war, he wants us to know what it was like to fight in war. The issue ‘the horrors of war’ is evident in ‘The Send Off’ and also ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est.’ These two poems, in different techniques, show the horror associated with war.
Wilfred Owen wrote the ‘Send-Off’ in 1918. Early in the war the public thought war was exciting, patriotic and a sense of adventure, but by 1918 thanks to Wilfred Owen and others the public began to see war like it really was; horrific, deadly, terrifying and painful. The title ‘the send-off’ is ironic, its sounds like a party or celebration when really it isn’t at all, it is young soldiers being sent i...