Poetry Analysis of "Anthem for Doomed Youth"

Wilfred Owen's poem, "Anthem for Doomed Youth", creates a picture of young soldiers in battle dying. Drawing a mental picture of a family at home sharing in the mourning for their lost sibling, the reader feels the grief of this poem. Through the portrait of vanishing soldiers one sees loneliness, as they die alone on the battleground. Effective use of imagery, alliteration, and end rhyme as well as great writing gives the reader a lasting impression.
<Tab/>The title, "Anthem for Doomed Youth", fits well for this poem. For the duration of the poem a feeling of death and d…