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“Whereat, in terror what that sight might mean, I reeled and shivered earthward like a feather. And Death fell with me, like a deepening moan. And He, picking a manner of worm, which half had hid Its bruises in the earth, but crawled no further, Showed me its feet, the feet of many men, And the fresh-severed head of it, my head.”

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Wilfred Owen

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. more

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