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Wilfred Owen
Fought in the trenches. Killed one week before the war ended, aged 25.
The quotes
4 quotes by or about Wilfred Owen, in the order they happen.
Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knive us
Owen · Exposure · conflict · power of nature
The cold is the enemy, not the Germans. The wind cuts like a knife.
But nothing happens
The line at the end of four stanzas. They wait. They freeze. Nothing happens. That is the horror.
Slowly our ghosts drag home
Owen · Exposure · conflict · memory · loss
The men imagine going home. Only their ghosts can go.
For love of God seems dying
Owen · Exposure · conflict · loss
Owen loses faith out there. God's love seems to be dying too.
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