Anthem for Doomed Youth deals with a particular issue/problem with the official pomp as well as a ceremony that surrounds war (the poet gestures it to by the word “Anthem” in the title of the poem) arguing that (I) Church Bells (II) Prayers, as well as (III) Choirs are an inadequate or useless tribute to the horrible realities of war.Moreover, it describes the sensory dread/terror of combat This sonnet is a lamentation on the death of young people/men in war.The famous English war poet Wilfred Owen wrote the poem/ sonnet Anthem for Doomed Youth in 1917 when he was in the hospital and recovering from injuries as well as trauma resulting from his military service during Ist World War.Ques: In what meter did Wilfred Owen write Anthem for Doomed Youth?.Ques: What literary devices does Wilfred Owen use in his poem Anthem for Doomed Youth?.Ques: Is Anthem for Doomed Youth a Petrarchan sonnet?.About the Poem Anthem for the Doomed Youth.
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