Wilfred Owen

After watching the documentary today in class, I decided to do research on who Wilfred Owen was. He was briefly mentioned in the beginning of the documentary and he was portrayed as an important figure which left me curious as to why he was recognized.What I found was interesting. Most importantly I found that he was a famous war poet who was known for the solemn tone in his poetry. He joined the army at a young age and experienced two traumatizing events. In an explosion he was blown high in the air and landed in the guts of his fellow officers, the second traumatizing experience was being trapped in a German dugout for 8 straight days. After the explosion incident, he was sent to a hospital were he befriended a poet by the name of Siegfied Sassoon who inspired him to write poetry. After a quick stint as a teacher, he reenlisted in the army and led many successful assaults. During his second time in the army he wrote most of his famous poetry. Unfortunately he died in the last week of World War 1.