Poems (Version 2)


Read by Alan Mapstone

The English poet Wilfred Owen was killed on 4th November 1918 just seven days before the Armistice which ended the First World War. This book, published in 1920 and edited by his friend Siegfried Sassoon, contains his best known poems.

The poems were not well received initially because they did not fit with the mood of triumphalism after the war. But they have latterly come to be considered one of the most significant collections of war poetry of the 20th century both for their alternative view of war ("the pity of war") and for their technical innovation.

(Summary by Alan Mapstone) (1 hr 5 min)

Chapters

Preface 1:40 Read by Alan Mapstone
Strange Meeting 3:50 Read by Alan Mapstone
Greater Love 1:55 Read by Alan Mapstone
Apologia pro poemate Meo 3:06 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Show 2:51 Read by Alan Mapstone
Mental Cases 2:38 Read by Alan Mapstone
Parable of the Old Men and the Young 1:32 Read by Alan Mapstone
Arms and the Boy 1:20 Read by Alan Mapstone
Anthem for Doomed Youth 1:29 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Send-off 1:37 Read by Alan Mapstone
Insensibility 3:55 Read by Alan Mapstone
Dulce et Decorum Est 2:33 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Sentry 3:25 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Dead-Beat 1:54 Read by Alan Mapstone
Exposure 4:08 Read by Alan Mapstone
Spring Offensive 4:09 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Chances 1:39 Read by Alan Mapstone
S. I. W. 3:26 Read by Alan Mapstone
Futility 1:11 Read by Alan Mapstone
Smile, Smile, Smile 2:22 Read by Alan Mapstone
Conscious 1:31 Read by Alan Mapstone
A Terre 5:38 Read by Alan Mapstone
Wild with all Regrets 3:44 Read by Alan Mapstone
Disabled 4:08 Read by Alan Mapstone