William Owen - The Send Off 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageWilfred Owen poem analysisOtherAQA Created by: Spot_tia_willsonCreated on: 31-05-15 17:09 The Send-off ______________________________________________________ 1 of 21 Down the close, darkening lanes they sang their way ________________________________________________________ 2 of 21 To the siding-shed, ________________________________________________________ 3 of 21 And lined the train with faces grimly gay. ________________________________________________________ 4 of 21 Their breasts were stuck all white with wreath and spray ________________________________________________________ 5 of 21 As men's are, dead. ________________________________________________________ 6 of 21 Dull porters watched them, and a casual tramp ______________________________________________________ 7 of 21 Stood staring hard, ______________________________________________________ 8 of 21 Sorry to miss them from the upland camp. ______________________________________________________ 9 of 21 Then, unmoved, signals nodded, and a lamp ______________________________________________________ 10 of 21 Winked to the guard. ________________________________________________________ 11 of 21 So secretly, like wrongs hushed-up, they went. ________________________________________________________ 12 of 21 They were not ours: ________________________________________________________ 13 of 21 We never heard to which front these were sent. ________________________________________________________ 14 of 21 Nor there if they yet mock what women meant ________________________________________________________ 15 of 21 Who gave them flowers. ________________________________________________________ 16 of 21 Shall they return to beatings of great bells ________________________________________________________ 17 of 21 In wild trainloads? ________________________________________________________ 18 of 21 A few, a few, too few for drums and yells, ________________________________________________________ 19 of 21 May creep back, silent, to still village wells ________________________________________________________ 20 of 21 Up half-known roads. ________________________________________________________ 21 of 21
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