Friday, January 3, 2003

Schoolmistress Comments

Rating: 2.9

Schoolmistress
Having, with bold Horatius, stamped her feet
And waved a final swashing arabesque
O'er the brave days of old, she ceased to bleat,
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Wilfred Owen
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Susan Williams 27 May 2016

Intriguing mystery here. Wilfred Owen wrote brutally frank poems about World War 1. This schoolteacher taught about war like she was the goddess of war, relishing the heroism of the battlefield. If she had seen Owen outside her window, she would not have nodded her head at him or in any way recognized him though he was a soldier. Owen was well aware that his view was not a popular one with the mindset of certain people. The man was unflinching to have written this.

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James Mclain 27 May 2016

Here familia relationships ran hard aground on jagged, pointed Rock's.. iip

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M Asim Nehal 27 May 2016

Reminded me my school days..Thanks for sharing.

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* Sunprincess * 27 May 2016

...............an interesting poem with amazing imagery written during a time of war ★

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Edward Kofi Louis 27 May 2016

Her lofty seat! Thanks for sharing.

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Wilfred Owen

Wilfred Owen

Shropshire / England
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