How Does Wilfred Owen Illustrate The Futility Of War

Wilfred Owen is one of the most famous respected English poet from world war one. He was born on 18th March 1893 and died 1918, a week before the war ended. Many of the poems written by Owen portrays the pointlessness of war and exposes the true reality of war. In this essay I will be exploring the ways in which Owen showed the futility of war in his poems, by analysing his three poems, "Futility", "Exposure" and "Anthem For Doomed Youth". The poem "Futility" is one of many poems written by Wilfred that portrays the pointlessness of war. The title of the poem itself means pointlessness, this is a blunt yet strong title. This poem itself questions life and death, as the poet talks about a young soldier who has died in the war and a group