On March 18, 1893, Wilfred Edward Salter Owen was born in Oswestry, on the border of Shorpshire ("Wilfred Owen"). His mother and father were both of Welsh descent and his mother’s family was quite affluent when she was a child, but eventually they encountered economic problems ("Wilfred Owen").
Wilfred Owen was the oldest of four children, so he was very protective and he also had a close relationship with his mother ("Wilfred Owen"). When Owen was four, his family moved to Birkenhead and Owen attended the Birkenhead Institute, from 1900 to 1907 ("Wilfred Owen"). Owen’s family then moved to a house in Shrewsbury, where Owen completed his education at the Shrewsbury Technical School when he was eighteen ("Wilfred Owen"). When Owen had failed to get a scholarship to London University, he became an assistant to Reverend Herbert Wigan in Dunsden, Oxfordshire ("Wilfred Owen"). Because of his time in the church, Owen became more adept to social and economic issues; though he became increasingly frustrated that the Church of England was not properly quelling those were misfortunate ("Wilfred Owen"). He soon began to write poetry in his spare time, his rhythmic style of writing was presenting itself ("Wilfred Owen"). Owen was most prominently influenced by Keats and Shelley, which he read when he was younger ("Wilfred Owen").
Wilfred Owen was the oldest of four children, so he was very protective and he also had a close relationship with his mother ("Wilfred Owen"). When Owen was four, his family moved to Birkenhead and Owen attended the Birkenhead Institute, from 1900 to 1907 ("Wilfred Owen"). Owen’s family then moved to a house in Shrewsbury, where Owen completed his education at the Shrewsbury Technical School when he was eighteen ("Wilfred Owen"). When Owen had failed to get a scholarship to London University, he became an assistant to Reverend Herbert Wigan in Dunsden, Oxfordshire ("Wilfred Owen"). Because of his time in the church, Owen became more adept to social and economic issues; though he became increasingly frustrated that the Church of England was not properly quelling those were misfortunate ("Wilfred Owen"). He soon began to write poetry in his spare time, his rhythmic style of writing was presenting itself ("Wilfred Owen"). Owen was most prominently influenced by Keats and Shelley, which he read when he was younger ("Wilfred Owen").
In 1913, after his father had encouraged Owen to get a job, he began working as a private tutor in France ("Wilfred Owen"). This lasted until he enlisted in the Artists’ Rifles on October 21, 1915; nearly a year after World War I had started ("Wilfred Owen").
Some of Owen’s best poetry had been written during the war, such as “Dulce et Decorum Est” and “Anthem for the Doomed Youth” which all concerned the horrors of the war and the meaninglessness of dying in the war ("Wilfred Owen").
When Owen was afflicted with a head concussion in 1917, he was sent to Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburg, where he met Siegfried Sassoon, his mentor and fellow poet ("Wilfred Owen - Greatest of All English War Poets."). Sassoon heavily influenced Owen’s writing, with Owen borrowing some of Sassoon’s styles of writing, and Sassoon pretty much helped Owen expand his potential as a phenomenal poet ("Wilfred Owen"). Sassoon also helped Owen find a publisher and Owen was introduced to Robert Graves, Edith Sitwell, H.G. Wells, and Thomas Hardy ("Wilfred Owen").
When Owen was discharged in September, 1918 and returned to the battlefield in France ("Wilfred Owen"). But, in November, he was shot and killed in battle, at age 25, just one week before Armistice Day, and the end of the war ("Wilfred Owen").
Although he only published five poems during his life, his brother and Sassoon, published his other works and immortalized him for years to come ("Wilfred Owen").
Some of Owen’s best poetry had been written during the war, such as “Dulce et Decorum Est” and “Anthem for the Doomed Youth” which all concerned the horrors of the war and the meaninglessness of dying in the war ("Wilfred Owen").
When Owen was afflicted with a head concussion in 1917, he was sent to Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburg, where he met Siegfried Sassoon, his mentor and fellow poet ("Wilfred Owen - Greatest of All English War Poets."). Sassoon heavily influenced Owen’s writing, with Owen borrowing some of Sassoon’s styles of writing, and Sassoon pretty much helped Owen expand his potential as a phenomenal poet ("Wilfred Owen"). Sassoon also helped Owen find a publisher and Owen was introduced to Robert Graves, Edith Sitwell, H.G. Wells, and Thomas Hardy ("Wilfred Owen").
When Owen was discharged in September, 1918 and returned to the battlefield in France ("Wilfred Owen"). But, in November, he was shot and killed in battle, at age 25, just one week before Armistice Day, and the end of the war ("Wilfred Owen").
Although he only published five poems during his life, his brother and Sassoon, published his other works and immortalized him for years to come ("Wilfred Owen").