Owen worked on his drafts, often taking advice from his poet friend Siegfried Sassoon. Wilfred Owen said, ‘My subject is War, and the pity ... seem a more powerful word choice than ‘dead’.

The title of the poem makes Owen’s intentions clear. It was suggested by his fellow war poet, Siegfried Sassoon. The word ‘anthem’ has two meanings. It can refer to a rousing song used by a ...

Inside the Wilfred Owen violin are the words of his pre-war poem ‘Written in a Wood, September 1910’.” Wood from the limb was also used to make violins dedicated to poets Siegfried Sassoon ...