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Wilfred Owen
Disabled
By: Gauhar Raina
Winfield Chen
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Wilfred Owen
English Poet and
Soldier
One of the leadingpoets of WWI
Influenced by Sassoon
Focused on reality ofwar
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Disabled
1 He sat in a wheeled chair, waiting for dark,
2 And shivered in his ghastly suit of grey,
3 Legless, sewn short at elbow. Through the park
4 Voices of boys rang saddening like a hymn,
5 Voices of play and pleasure after day,
6 Till gathering sleep had mothered them from him.
7 About this time Town used to swing so gay
8 When glow-lamps budded in the light-blue trees
9 And girls glanced lovelier as the air grew dim,
10 In the old times, before he threw away his knees.
11 Now he will never feel again how slim12 Girls' waists are, or how warm their subtle hands,
13 All of them touch him like some queer disease.
14 There was an artist silly for his face,
15 For it was younger than his youth, last year.
16 Now he is old; his back will never brace;
17 He's lost his colour very far from here,
18 Poured it down shell-holes till the veins ran dry,
19 And half his lifetime lapsed in the hot race,
20 And leap of purple spurted from his thigh.
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21 One time he liked a blood-smear down his leg,
22 After the matches carried shoulder-high.
23 It was after football, when he'd drunk a peg,
24 He thought he'd better join. He wonders why . .
25 Someone had said he'd look a god in kilts.
26 That's why; and maybe, too, to please his Meg,
27 Aye, that was it, to please the giddy jilts,
28 He asked to join. He didn't have to beg;
29 Smiling they wrote his lie; aged nineteen years.
30 Germans he scarcely thought of; and no fears
31 Of Fear came yet. He thought of jewelled hilts
32 For daggers in plaid socks; of smart salutes;
33And care of arms; and leave; and pay arrears;
34 Esprit de corps; and hints for young recruits.
35 And soon, he was drafted out with drums andcheers.
36 Some cheered him home, but not as crowds cheerGoal.
37 Only a solemn man who brought him fruits
38 Thanked him; and then inquired about his soul.
39 Now, he will spend a few sick years in Institutes,
40 And do what things the rules consider wise,
41 And take whatever pity they may dole.
42 To-night he noticed how the women's eyes43 Passed from him to the strong men that were
whole.
44 How cold and late it is! Why don't they come
45 And put him into bed? Why don't they come?
-Wilfred Owen
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Thesis
Through the use of literary devices, imagery,
irony, tone, atmosphere as well as the contrast
between life before and after joining the war,
Wilfred Owen shows the lost of youth in the
soldiers and the old lie spread by the
commanders of the army during the war.
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Title of the Poem
Soldiers disabled physically by war
wheeled chair (1)
Life of the soldiers ruined
Now he will never feel again (11)
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Theme
Truth of the old lie: In this poem, Wilfred
Owen shows the reality of war, which is the
opposite to what the propaganda by the
government described.
Effect of war on soldier: The soldier described
in this poem lost everything due to the war.
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Form and Structure
Poem is divided into two parts
Soldier reminiscing about life
Remembers life before war
The old lie
Life after joining the war.
Life after the war
DisabledCannot return to life before war
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Rhyme
In the first few stanzas, the rhyme is all over
the place.
Some signs of rhyme, but not in order
In the final few stanzas, the rhyme is more
noticeable.
Switch in line (21) Change between the sadness of
the lost to the reason for joining the war.
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Figurative Language
Similes:
Voices of boys rang saddening like a hymn (4)Song of praise, but saddened, soldiers were not praised
touch him like some queer disease (13)Girls does not want to be with him
War destroyed the soldier physically
Metaphors:There was an artist silly for his face (14)
Another indication of the effect of war
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Imagery
Limb/Body Parts Imagery:
Legless, sewn short at elbow (3)
Before he threw away his knees (10)
His back will never brace (16)Show that the soldier is disabled
Blood Imagery:
leap of purple leaped from his thigh (20)
a blood-smear down his leg (21)Refer to the brutality of war
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Imagery Continued
Girls Imagery:
to please his meg (26)
to please the giddy jilts (27)
notice how the womens eyes (42)
Shows how the soldiers join the war for the honour
while not receiving it after losing their lives.
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Irony (General)
Owen uses irony to get across his message of reality of war to
the readers in this poem
It is evident he opted to join the army in order to please
his girlfriend meg, feeling that the fact he was a soldier
would be attractive to women. (24)
What is ironic is that the war is in fact the reason why he
will never feel again how slim girls waists are.
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Irony Cont
he noticed how the womens eyes passed from him to the strong men
that were whole (42)(43)
why dont they come and put him to bed (44)(45)
Ironic because the soldier does not see himself as a full man.
The soldier needs the girls to put him to bed. Ironic because the men
are suppose to put the girls to sleep
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Tone and Atmosphere
1st Stanza
Negative, Sad, Depressed
Middle Stanzas (2,3,4,5)
Envy
Reminiscent , Sad
Sense of Loss
6th and Last Stanza
Criticizes the war through rhetorical questions
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Contrast
In the poem, Owen contrasts the life before
the war and life after the war to show the
effect of war on the soldiers and the lie told by
the generals through propaganda.
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Contrast
Life Before War
Played Football (23)
Believed war to be
glorious (26) Went to war for the girls
(26)
Pride
Life After War
Disabled (1)
Have to have women to
help him to bed (44) Girls do not notice him
anymore (12)(42)
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Other Significant Lines
He didnt have to beg (28)(29) Shows the officers eager to send soldiers to war
Germans he scarcely (30)(31) Only joined the army for the glory
Only a solemn man who brought (37)(38)
No one cares about the soldiers dying
After the matches, carried shoulder high (22) People care more about football
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Connection With Other Poems
Similarities:
Dulce et Decorum Est
The Old Lie
Lost of Youth
Propaganda spread by the government
Differences
Base Details Does not emphasize on an specific event during the war
Memories of before the war
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Conclusion
In conclusion, through the use of contrast,
imagery, irony and other literary devices,
Owen, in Disabled, was able to show the
reality of war and criticize the propagandaspread by the government
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MUSIC!
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Explanation of Music
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Explanation of Picture
Painted by Fay Jones
is an official combat artist who paints scenes of
soldiers in Iraq.
His work helps show the human side of our troops
and their struggles .
Paints about disabled soldiers
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Analysis of Disabled
Disabled is about a young soldier who joins the military because he likes the look of theuniform, wants pay and thinks it will impress girls. He then is sent to France and loses hisarms, legs and youth. He returns home to a town that has changed and to people that nolonger want anything to do with him. He is neglected by his society and is left to a life offollowing rules in a hospital while the world passes him by.
This poem shows how the Western world paid little attention to the veterans after the war.The boy in the story is regarded as having A queer disease (line 13) and the girls attentionwhich he sought is placed upon men who are uninjured and not him.Tonight he noticed how the women's eyes
Passed from him to the strong men that were whole(Line 43-44) The boy has also lost his youth as is evident in lines 16-19:
Now, he is old; his back will never brace; He's lost his colour very far from here,Poured it down shell-holes till the veins ran dry,
And half his lifetime lapsed in the hot race
The poem ends with the boy showing how alone and abandoned he is because none of thehospital orderlies have come to wheel him to his room.How cold and late it is! Why don't they come
And put him into bed? Why don't they come?(Line 45-46)