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One of the saddest stories of the war is that of the poet Wilfred Owen. Considered one of the greatest of the war poets,
Owen enlisted in the war in 1915 with so many other hopeful young men. His time in battle, however, showed him a different
side, which he expressed through poems such as "Anthem for Doomed Youth" and "Futility." Owen was killed on November 4, 1918,
only seven days before the end of the war.
Your task: Look to the last column of your journal as
you read Owen's poem "Dulce et Decorum Est." As you did with the Sargent painting, fill in the images or words that Owen
uses that you think draw from the experiences of soldiers in gas attacks, in the trenches, or as as they reflect on their
service in the war.
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