Wilfred Owen poetry- themes

Question 1

Courage

Answer 1

• Apologia
• The send off
• Insensibility

Question 2

Duty

Answer 2

• Dulce at decorum est
• Apologia
• Disabled- propaganda=duty

Question 3

Setting

Answer 3

• Disabled- not set on western front but reveals a lot about it
• Dulce- reality of war

Question 4

Personal loss

Answer 4

• Insensibility- loss of emotion
• Dulce- physical loss of life

Question 5

Isolation

Answer 5

• Disabled
• The last laugh

Question 6

Heroism

Answer 6

• Apologia
• The send off
• Disabled

Question 7

Injury

Answer 7

• Dulce
• Disabled
• Self-inflicted wound

Question 8

Trauma

Answer 8

• Dulce
• Insensibility
• Disabled

Question 9

Horror

Answer 9

• Dulce
• S.I.W
• Dead-beat
• Insensibility

Question 10

Sacrifice

Answer 10

• Disabled
• Insensibilty
• The send off

Question 11

Combatants vs civilians

Answer 11

• SIW
• Dulce et Decorum est

Question 12

Memory

Answer 12

• Anthem for doomed youth
• Futility
• Disabled