Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) is the greatest of the lost poets of World War I. He thought the war was a totally ridiculous activity with disastrous and tragic results. He has mentioned that in poems like Dulce et Decorum Est, Anthem for Doomed Youth and Disabled. In Wilfred Owen's introductory remarks to his poems, he expresses "Above all, I am not concerned with poetry. My subject is war and the pity of war". Basically Wilfred Owen …
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…est", "Anthem for Doomed Youth" and "Disabled" are Wilfred Owen's most effective poems. This is because he has used high amount of poetic device, as mentioned above. Another reason for these poems being my most effective is due to the feeling it gives us, the poems have a good meaning which will make us look back to the poem and think again. Wilfred Owen is truly one of the great poets of World War I.