Carnforth Notes: The War Poems of Wilfred Owen

Handy for teachers and pupils alike, this is a short commentary on each one of the poems and fragments in the AQA A-level anthology The War Poems of Wilfred Owen. Broken down into bitesize sections on Themes/Events, Language, Form, and Structure, they are designed to help you break your way in to the world of Wilfred Owen’s poetry.

Matthew Curry has written articles on the A-level syllabus poetry of Robert Frost, WB Yeats, Emily Dickinson, William Blake and John Donne for English and Media Centre’s emag, the magazine for A-level English students. He has co-written (with Neil Bowen) an A-level Yeats teaching resource (for ZigZag education). His book In Galloway (walking guide and poetry) was a Hay Festival Outdoors Book of the Year. He has also written various books of poetry, including Virtual Reality.