"My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity"
- Wilfred Owen
About this Quote
Wilfred Owen's quote speaks with the tragedy of war and the power of poetry to record its sadness. War is a devastating force that brings death and suffering to many individuals, and Owen's quote expresses his deep unhappiness and empathy for those affected by it. He believes that poetry is the very best way to convey the disaster of war, as it can capture the emotions and experiences of those who have actually been through it. By using poetry to express the pity of war, Owen wants to bring attention to the disastrous impacts of dispute and to motivate individuals to think more deeply about the consequences of war. He wants to remind us that war is not something to be ignored, and that its impacts can be significant and long-lasting.
This quote is written / told by Wilfred Owen between March 18, 1893 and November 4, 1918. He was a famous Soldier from England.
The author also have 21 other quotes.
"We don't attempt to have any theme for a number of the anthology, or to have any particular sequence. We just put in things that we like, and then we try to alternate the prose and the poetry"
"Concrete poets continue to turn out beautiful things, but to me they're more visual than oral, and they almost really belong on the wall rather than in a book. I haven't the least idea of where poetry is going"
"I think Ginsberg has done more harm to the craft that I honor and live by than anybody else by reducing it to a kind of mean that enables the most dubious practitioners to claim they are poets because they think, If the kind of thing Ginsberg does is poetry, I can do that"
