Strange Meeting
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"Strange Meeting" is a renowned anti-war poem by Wilfred Owen that depicts a surreal encounter between two dead soldiers, powerfully conveying the futility and horror of war.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-war poem
ⓘ
poem ⓘ |
| alludesTo |
Inferno
ⓘ
surface form:
Dante's Inferno
|
| author | Wilfred Owen ⓘ |
| conveys |
irony of killing those who might have been friends
ⓘ
moral condemnation of war ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReputation |
classic of anti-war poetry
ⓘ
one of Wilfred Owen's greatest poems ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | 1919 ⓘ |
| form | rhymed couplets ⓘ |
| genre |
anti-war literature
ⓘ
war poetry ⓘ |
| hasMotive | to expose the pity and waste of war ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Dante Alighieri ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Georgian poetry
ⓘ
World War I poetry ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| notableLine |
I am the enemy you killed, my friend.
ⓘ
Let us sleep now... ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | 2 ⓘ |
| openingLine | It seemed that out of battle I escaped ⓘ |
| originalPublicationPeriod | World War I ⓘ |
| partOf | Wilfred Owen's war poems ⓘ |
| period | early 20th century ⓘ |
| portrays | surreal battlefield afterlife ⓘ |
| publishedPosthumously | true ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | irregular ⓘ |
| setting |
afterlife
ⓘ
underworld ⓘ |
| speaker1 | British soldier ⓘ |
| speaker2 | enemy soldier ⓘ |
| structure | dramatic monologue ⓘ |
| subject | encounter between two dead soldiers ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
academic study
ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ |
| theme |
futility of war
ⓘ
horror of war ⓘ loss of youth ⓘ pity of war ⓘ reconciliation ⓘ shared humanity of enemies ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| tone |
compassionate
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somber ⓘ tragic ⓘ |
| writtenDuring | World War I ⓘ |
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