The document provides background information on Wilfred Owen and his poem "Anthem for Doomed Youth." It notes that Owen served as an officer in World War I and witnessed the horrors of war firsthand. The poem depicts the industrialized killing of young soldiers through vivid imagery of bells, prayers, and mourning without mockery or care for the dead.

1. ‘ Anthem for Doomed Youth’ Wilfred Owen

2. WILFRED OWEN Wilfred Owen is one of the more famous War Poets. He was born March 18 th , 1893. He joined the Army in 1915 as an Officer in the “Artists Rifles”. Wilfred Owen served in some of the worst conditions during the following months.

3. THE WAR POETS Poetry from the First World War was written by soldiers who served at the Western Front. They saw the horrors of War first hand . They wrote about what they really saw. Their poems were published just after the war, so they were not censored . They are f irst hand and often unbiased sources.

4. THE POEM

5. Anthem for Doomed Youth What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons. No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells; Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,- The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells; And bugles calling for them from sad shires.

6. What candles may be held to speed them all? Not in the hands of boys but in their eyes Shall shine the holy glimmers of good-byes. The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall; Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds, And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.

7. Funeral / Death / Mourning Images ‘ bells’ ‘ orisons’ ‘ prayers’ ‘ mourning’ ‘ choirs’ ‘ sad shires’ ‘ bugles calling’ ‘ candles’ ‘ holy glimmers of good-byes’ ‘ flowers’ ‘ pall’ ‘ drawing down of blinds’