exposure, wilfred owen Flashcards
1
Q
what age was his earliest letter written
A
age 5
2
Q
which romantic poets was he influenced by
A
Keats and wordsworth
3
Q
what age did he want to become a poet
A
age 10
4
Q
which university did he fail to get a scholarship from
A
London university
5
Q
what year did he have serious doubts about his faith ?
A
1913
6
Q
what did he do in france ?
A
He taught in a language school, started drinking wine and stopped going to church
7
Q
what year did he enlist in the war
A
1915
8
Q
what did he say about war in a letter to his mother ?
A
“i have suffered 7th hell”
9
Q
what mental illness did he develop ?
A
shell shock
10
Q
which poet did he meet in the mental hospital ?
A
Sassoon
11
Q
cause of death ?
A
shot while trying to cross a canal
