The Send-Off, by Wilfred Owen Essay -- English Literature:

The Send-Off, by Wilfred Owen, is an teetotal and dark humored description of how the soldiersThe Send-OffThe Send-Off, by Wilfred Owen, is an ironic and dark humoreddescription of how the soldiers were send off to the battlefront,during World contend I (keyword The Send-Off). In this poem, Owenconveys to us that the soldiers ar being sent to their doom.From the very start we sense the soldiers lost fate. The soldiers goto the train, they are apprisal joyfully, as if they are being sent toa country picnic, tho of course the narration is omniscient, we knowwhat lies ahead of them, and so simultaneously the lanes are darkeningaround them. Secondly, the soldiers are surrounded by wreath andspray, a wreath and a spray are decorative flower arrangements ordinarilyplac...