A lot of this poetry has death in it? Rather morbid reading wouldn’t you agree? We start out with soldier dying on the field. It’s rather saddening to visualize how so many men fought the war with all they had within them and in the end so many have lost their lives because of it. One light in this poem “They”, “On Anti-Christ; their comrades blood has bought”…could this be in relation to religion at all? These young soldiers are sacrificing themselves for the greater good of their country and humanity possibly? The term Anti-Christ relates to an opposing view to Christ; or it could even mean evil. Does this mean the country the soldiers are fighting for are evil? And perhaps this is the price the soldiers have to pay because of the evilness of the said country? From this Sassoon fellow, the poems that were selected showed a lot of death with soldiers. It also seemed to show it’s readers how it is indeed very depressing and heartbreaking. One is left with the feeling of despair and even…helplessness. This other Owen fellow…has also written about death it seems…soldiers and death. The poem “Anthem for Doomed Youth”, it sounds as if we (the readers) are sitting at this funeral of the fallen soldier…however, it also sounds as though this church the readers are in…is one of loneliness…it is one that does not worship or show sorrow for this fallen young man…”nor any voice or mourning save the choirs”…it is all rather odd really…in the very last poem however, “Disabled” tells the tale of a disabled soldier and the pity he feels for himself…he was once admired by all and now he is not…it is almost as if he is just another patient that people no longer care for…he is just another patient; only this time, he is a patient that has to show what he went through…the ending lines however “And put him into bed? Why don’t they come?” is rather heartbreaking…

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