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WW1 A to Z - O is for Owen (Wilfred)
Commentary, newsreel and photographs examine the life of Wilfred Owen, today one of the most widely recognised poets of World War One. A dramatic monologue introduces Owen, in hospital suffering from shell shock and at work on his poem 鈥楧ulce et Decorum Est鈥�. Owen reads the opening lines aloud and explains their context.
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