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Re:Wilfred Owen: Bugle marks centenary of war poet's death by Jaruzel on Monday November 05, 2018 @06:39AM (#18381528)
Covered Wilfred Owen in some depth in Secondary School, although his poetry is quite depressing compared to say, Rupert Brooke, I was always fascinated with him due in part that I share the same surname with him.
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Re:Wilfred Owen: Bugle marks centenary of war poet's death by JoeSmithson on Monday November 05, 2018 @09:57AM (#18382724)
It's common in British school to compare and contrast "The Soldier" with "Dulce et Decorum Est".

Personally the poem which had the most impact on me was "Suicide in The Trenches"[0]. Hit me like a tonne of bricks aged about 14, I read it every Rememberence Day now.

[0] https://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~keith/poems/suicide.html

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