wilfred owen siegfried sassoon

Have studied by Wilfred Owen and

One poem you have studied

By Siegfried Sassoon

Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen were both soldiers in the First World War and met in Craig Lockhart hospital, both suffering from shell shock

Sassoon came from a rich, banker, family, enlisted and took his own horses to fight in the war. After fighting, Sassoon became disillusioned by the war and wrote a statement to his commanding officer refusing any more service. Instead of being shot (a fate for those who refused service) the officer thought Sassoon was insane, so he was sent to Craig Lockhart hospital to be treated for shell shock.

Wilfred Owen was born in Shrewsbury, was the son of a railway worker and also enlisted himself to fight in the war. Owen also realized how cruel and brutal the war was and wanted to show the public the truth about it but didn’t know how until he read a book of poems about the war by Sassoon. When Owen discovered he was at the same hospital as the poet, he was determined to meet him. The two poets became friends and wrote powerful poetry together about the harsh reality of war.

The differences between poems by Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon are the styles because the aim of both poets is the same. Sasson uses clear, sometimes colloquial language whereas Owen tends to use more old-fashioned language. Owen uses many more literary techniques than Sassoon including alliteration and metaphors. Sassoon uses simpler rhyme schemes of rhyming couplets and Owen does not. There is a deliberate simplicity to Sassoon’s poem to show the horrifyingly blunt truth of the war because he didn’t want any literary techniques to obscure his message.

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