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Poems (Version 2)

Gelesen von 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

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Strange Meeting

3:50

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Greater Love

1:55

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Apologia pro poemate Meo

3:06

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The Show

2:51

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Mental Cases

2:38

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Parable of the Old Men and the Young

1:32

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Arms and the Boy

1:20

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Anthem for Doomed Youth

1:29

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The Send-off

1:37

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Insensibility

3:55

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Dulce et Decorum Est

2:33

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The Sentry

3:25

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The Dead-Beat

1:54

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Exposure

4:08

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Spring Offensive

4:09

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The Chances

1:39

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S. I. W.

3:26

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Futility

1:11

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Smile, Smile, Smile

2:22

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Conscious

1:31

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A Terre

5:38

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Wild with all Regrets

3:44

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Disabled

4:08

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