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Wilfred Owen was an English poet renowned for his works during World War I. His poetry vividly depicted the cruelty and suffering of soldiers, becoming a classic in war literature.

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Famous Wilfred Owen Quotes

“All a poet can do today is warn.”

Today Poetry Can Do Poet Warning

Author:Wilfred Owen

“All the poet can do today is warn. That is why true Poets must be truthful.”

Truth Today Can Do Poet Truthful Being Truthful

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Wilfred Owen (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Wilfred Owen (Illustrated)

“A Poem does not grow by jerks. As trees in Spring produce a new ring of tissue, so does every poet put forth a fresh outlay of stuff at the same season.”

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Book:Delphi Complete Works of Wilfred Owen (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Wilfred Owen (Illustrated)

“I was a boy when I first realized that the fullest life liveable was a Poet's”

Firsts Boys Poet

Book:The Collected poems of Wilfred Owen

Source: The Collected poems of Wilfred Owen

“I am not concerned with Poetry. My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity. Yet these elegies are to this generation in no sense conciliatory. They may be to the next. All a poet can do today is warn. That is why the true Poets must be truthful.”

May War Today Next Can Do Generations Subjects Poet Concerned Pity Poetry Is Truthful This Generation Being Truthful Elegy

Author:Wilfred Owen

About the Author

Born: March 18, 1893
Died: November 4, 1918
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 76

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Delphi Complete Works of Wilfred Owen (Illustrated)Related source material

The Collected poems of Wilfred OwenRelated source material

The War PoemsRelated source material

The Poems of Wilfred OwenRelated source material

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Wilfred Owen: The Complete Poems and FragmentsRelated source material

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