"The war effects me less than it ought. I can do no service to anybody by agitating for news or making dole over the slaughter"
- Wilfred Owen
About this Quote
Wilfred Owen, a prominent World war poet, composed this quote in a letter to his mommy in April 1917. The quote speaks with Owen's feelings of detachment from the war and his disillusionment with the political validations for the dispute.
Owen's unwillingness to "agitate for information" or "make dole over the massacre" recommends that he has actually come to be psychologically numb to the scaries of war. This detachment may have been a coping mechanism for Owen, that was bordered by death and also devastation daily.
In addition, Owen's statement reveals his belief that simply mourning the loss of life does not offer any type of functional purpose. Rather than grieving, Owen thought that it was necessary to take action by subjecting the reality of battle as well as supporting for modification.
Overall, Owen's quote mirrors his complex relationship with the war, which he at the same time watched with detachment and a sense of duty to expose its destructive results.
This quote is written / told by Wilfred Owen between March 18, 1893 and November 4, 1918. He was a famous Soldier from England.
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