Wilfred Owen wrote the ‘Send-Off’ in 1918. Early in the war the public thought war was exciting, patriotic and a sense of adventure, but by 1918 thanks to Wilfred Owen and others the public began to see war like it really was; horrific, deadly, terrifying and painful. The title ‘the send-off’ is ironic, its sounds like a party or celebration when really it isn’t at all, it is young soldiers being sent into battle.

The choice of the word ‘darkening’ in line one of ‘the send-off’ implies that the soldiers destiny is getting worse, their lives are coming close to an end, with every step they take their fate gets worse and worse. ‘Grimly ga

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