Standard Module B

A Critical Study of Text

Text: Selected poems by Wilfred Owen

Some online resources

• Wikipedia on Wilfred Owen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Owen

• Biography plus links: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/owen

• A biography: http://www.poetryconnection.net/poets/Wilfred_Owen

• A Google books biography: http://books.google.com.au/books?id=kfH8caK-o34C&dq=Wilfred+Owen&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=KIKq80YuB1&sig=

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• Online copies of the poems: http://www.geocities.com/~bblair/owenidx.htm

• The Wilfred Owen Association website offer virtual tours and links for specific poems: http://www.1914-18.co.uk/owen/ 

• A site with multiple links: http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/Owen.htm

The poems

The Parable of the Old man and the Young

• From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Parable_of_the_Old_Man_and_the_Young

• A response to the poem: http://able2know.org/topic/85299-1

• An analysis: http://www.bookstove.com/Poetry/The-Parable-of-the-Old-Man-and-the-Young.74404

 Anthem for Doomed Youth

• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthem_for_Doomed_Youth

• A multimedia representation: http://www.chance1234.com/anthem/anthem.htm

• An interpretation: http://www.1914-18.co.uk/owen/anthem.htm

• Poem with brief notes: http://www.warpoetry.co.uk/owen2.html

Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori 

• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulce_et_decorum_est_pro_patria_mori

• The poem with brief notes: http://www.warpoetry.co.uk/owen1.html

Futility

• some responses to the poem: http://www.poetryconnection.net/poets/Wilfred_Owen/1211/comments

Disabled

• An analysis: http://www.oppapers.com/essays/Disabled-Wilfred-Owen-Analysis/141292

Mental Cases