Wilfred Edward Salter Owen is perhaps one of the greatest writers of war poetry in the English language. Owen was born on 18 March 1893, in Oswestry England. In 1915 Owen enlisted in the British army to help with their war efforts in World War 1. He entered the war full of patriotic fervor, ready to fight and die for his country. But after grueling months on the battlefield Owen became shell shocked and was sent to Scotland for psychological treatment. While undergoing treatment at the Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh, he met a fellow soldier who was also a poet , Siegfried Sassoon. Under Sassoon’s guidance Owen transferred his war experiences into his poetry. Owen rehabilitated from his shell shock and returned to the battlefields after
