There is only the “monstrous anger” (Line 2) of deadly weaponry and the shedding of human blood-a hellscape erupting in the formerly tranquil French fields. There is no glory in this war Owen does not mention noble goals or a fight undertaken for moral reasons. The soldiers, Owen is certain, deserve something better than this bleak and terrifying landscape that is no more than a slaughterhouse. At the beginning of the war, Owen dreamed of being a Romantic poet. The brutality and sheer scale of the destruction mocks human dignity and courage. This was the break-through poem for Wilfred Owen.
The soldiers’ flesh is no match for this murderous assault of flying metal. composed nearly all of his poems in slightly over a year, from. The octave depicts the constant barrage of machine guns and the wailing of the shells hurtling through the air to their targets. As apparent from the first (octave) stanza, the men had no chance. Early drafts of the poem were titled “Anthem for Dead Youth.” Changing “Dead” to “Doomed” not only makes the title more powerful, it conveys a sense of helplessness: The men were doomed-ill-fated-from the beginning.
He translated these experiences of trench warfare and military artillery power into his poetry with potent imagery. Owen’s concern is with the cruelty and savagery of war and the terrible toll it takes on human life. Imagery in Anthem for Doomed Youth As a soldier on the frontlines of battle, Owen saw the atrocities of war firsthand.
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