Wilfred Owen had first-handexperience of the horrors of World War I, including injuries in battle and consequent psychological trauma that led to him being treated for Shell Shock and waking up constantly to the screams of men
Owen's new concern was to warnthepublic at the brutality of war and to stress that it was harsherandlessglorious and honourable than suggested by the governments' propaganda
The poem questions the glorification of war, but does not devalue the soldiers'sacrifice, and looks at the physical and emotional pain suffered by the soldiers and their loved ones