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His great friend, the poet siegfried sassoon, later had a profound effect on his poetic voice, and owens most famous poems dulce et. The collected poems of wilfred owen, edited with an introduction and notes by c. He was educated at the birkenhead institute, liverpool and shrewsbury technical college. Day lewis, chatto and windus, london, 1963 with a memoir by edmund blunden, first published 1931 wilfred owen war poems and others, edited with an introduction and notes by dominic hibberd, chatto and windus, london, 1973. Free download or read online the collected poems of wilfred owen pdf epub book. Click to read more about the collected poems of wilfred owen by wilfred owen. Wilfred edward salter owen, mc 18 march 1893 4 november 1918 was an english poet and soldier.
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