tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893796119628724760.post7055051408613936892..comments2023-07-01T01:52:41.798-07:00Comments on Guys Lit Wire: A terrible beauty is born: The poetry of Wilfred OwenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893796119628724760.post-31582572025979349652009-11-18T13:06:25.148-08:002009-11-18T13:06:25.148-08:00Echoing Tanita. Owen and Sassoon had 17-year-old m...Echoing Tanita. Owen and Sassoon had 17-year-old me me telling people I was going to major in poetry in college. <br /><br />There's a great setting of Anthem for Doomed Youth in Britten's War Requiem.Andrew Karrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618713436530721797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893796119628724760.post-88143950743839500642009-11-18T12:47:20.206-08:002009-11-18T12:47:20.206-08:00I love Wildred Owens, just love him. Always have. ...I love Wildred Owens, just love him. Always have. I never learned a thing about him (or Sassoon or a single other "war poet") in school however.<br /><br />Shakespeare and Keats over and over and over again. Sometimes Yeats thrown in for good measure. And Byron. But no war which is a pity because these are some seriously timeless words.Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18380722344521975869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893796119628724760.post-28933269511825247952009-11-18T07:11:31.184-08:002009-11-18T07:11:31.184-08:00He makes you take notice, no doubt. He was the fir...He makes you take notice, no doubt. He was the first poet we studies in English 102. Basically, the professor wanted to show everybody that not all poetry was about daffodils and rainbows.Kristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11398822604628789516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893796119628724760.post-23681272372581291522009-11-18T01:49:41.279-08:002009-11-18T01:49:41.279-08:00Man, Owens. He was the one guy in high school who ...Man, Owens. He was the one guy in high school who made me sit up and really take notice of poetry. Thanks for this.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.com