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Analysis Of Disabled By Wilfred Owen

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The First World War was a battle that went from 1914 to 1918. Disabled is a war poem by former soldier Wilfred Owen and it follows life after the First World War. It focuses on a certain veteran who represents the entire population of 56,000 amputees. It shows how miserable life was for the wounded after losing their limbs, how they went from fit, young guys to grey, old men. The important message in this poem that Wilfred Owen was displaying was how war changed them as people and their lifestyles and that how this soldier should have felt in regards to his new way of life. Their lives changed drastically because of the war, causing trauma, injury and death. I think the message he conveyed in the poem is important for others to understand so …show more content…

He was drunk when he thought it was a good idea to join in a game of football, he thought of it to be an honour to his country to play and become injured while partaking in the game. When the army officials lied about his age, they knew he wasn’t nineteen, with the legal age to enlist being eighteen, he thought why they would let him lie about his age because he thought of going off to war was going to be fun and exciting, when in reality everything was the complete opposite.”He thought of jewelled hilts for daggers in plaid socks; of smart salutes; and care of arms; and leave and pay arrears; esprit de corps; and hints for young recruits, and soon, he was drafted out with drums and cheers.” This quote is a list of things he was expecting to experience while he was fighting at the war. When he is sitting out at the park waiting to be taken back inside, he is remembering all the memories of what he thought he would experienced compared to what he actually experienced being on the other side of the spectrum to each other. When I read this part of the poem, it reminded me of the many ANZAC services I attended held in Taupo each year, the last post playing on the bugle and remembering them as what they all once

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