'Strange Meeting'

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This paper offers an explanation of the ideas expressed in the poem. It compares and contrasts it with other works of Owen which deal with war and death. The paper focuses on a discussion of how the poem works in term of poetic technique.

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"Strange Meeting is probably Owen's most problematic poem. Its title comes from Shelley's "The Revolt of Islam" - "Gone forth whom no strange meeting did befall." It was written in the spring or early summer of 1918, the year he died. It was based on an earlier poem "Earth's Wheels". The poem recounts a dramatic meeting in Hell between two soldiers who had fought on opposing sides. No longer enemies they find it possible to see beyond conflict and hatred in a shared awareness of "the truth untold" and the need to proclaim that truth. As Owen said in his famous Preface, "All a poet can do is warn". "

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