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Anthem for Doomed Youth

Anthem for Doomed Youth
Wilfred Owen

"Anthem for Doomed Youth" is a well-known poem written in 1917 by Wilfred Owen. It incorporates the theme of the horror of war.

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“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.”

Wilfred Owen Anthem for Doomed Youth

Anthem for Doomed Youth

Wilfred Owen photo

“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.”

Wilfred Owen Anthem for Doomed Youth

Anthem for Doomed Youth

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