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Nov 9, 2017 · The rhymes are near-misses that keep us on edge throughout the poem, echoing the strange setting of the poem and the troubling nature of the poem’s subject matter. The ‘rhyme’ comes from the similarities between the consonants rather than the vowel sounds. Such a rhyme scheme also echoes the paradoxical nature of ‘Strange Meeting’.
Learn More. “Strange Meeting” was written by the British poet Wilfred Owen. A soldier in the First World War, Owen wrote “Strange Meeting” sometime during 1918 while serving on the Western Front (though the poem was not published until 1919, after Owen had been killed in battle). The poem's speaker, who is also a solider, has descended ...
May 19, 2024 · Wilfred Owen’s poem “Strange Meeting” starts with the speaker escaping from the battle field and entering into a deep (profound), dark (dull) tunnel which was created (scooped) or cut (groined) through the granite bedrock long ago by some massive (titanic) wars in the past. So, it looks like our speaker here is a soldier who escapes from ...
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Structure and Form. ‘ Strange Meeting ‘ is composed of four stanzas of varying lengths. This irregular structure reflects the chaotic and fragmented nature of war. The poem’s free form and inconsistent stanza lengths emphasize the disjointed experiences and the surreal, dreamlike encounter in the afterlife.
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Nov 2, 2023 · Photo by Ryan Hoffman on Unsplash. 'Strange Meeting' Summary. 'Strange Meeting' is a poem about reconciliation. Two soldiers meet up in an imagined Hell, the first having killed the second in battle. Their moving dialogue is one of the most poignant in modern war poetry. Wilfred Owen fought and died in WW1, being fatally wounded just a week ...
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Jun 29, 2018 · Wilfred Owen’s “Strange Meeting” explores an extraordinary meeting between two enemy combatants in the midst of battle. Owen forgoes the familiar poetics of glory and honor associated with war and, instead, constructs a balance of graphic reality with compassion for the entrenched soldier. In fact, the poetic appeal of the text comes from ...
