Apologia Pro Poemate Meo - Wilfred Owen

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Apologia Pro Poemate

Meo by Wilfred Owen


Jacqueline Mwai
Mehboob Chatur
Wilfred Owens Intention
Written on November 1917 after his release from
the hospital, in France.
My subject is war and the pity of war. My poetry is
in the pity - Owens preface


Structure
Regular rhyme scheme of ABAB constant mood in
the poem.
9 stanzas, 4 lines each.
Main Literary Devices
Imagery
Rhyming schemes
Synecdoche

Mood/Tone
Value of soldiers
Good and bad
Lost in their own thoughts
Appreciation

Themes
Dehumanization of soldiers
Misunderstanding by people
Religion

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