First World War Poetry Digital Archive

What's in a letter?

An analysis of a single letter from Wilfred Owen to his mother, from January 1917.

The first page
Page 2: Under shell fire
Page 3: officers and platoons
Page 4: trench feet and letters
Page 5: Cromwellian
Page 6: A shopping list
A secret code
Serre
'The Sentry'
Finish

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