In a poem by this man, a boy is bound "with belts and straps" before an angel appears and commands, "Offer the Ram of Pride instead of him", but is ignored.
In a poem by this man, a boy is bound "with belts and straps" before an angel appears and commands, "Offer the Ram of Pride instead of him", but is ignored. Another of his poems describes a tunnel "scooped through granites which titanic wars had groined". This poet imagined Abraham going through with the sacrifice of Isaac in "The Parable of the Young Man and the Old". A poem by him imagines "the shrill, demented choirs" that mourn men in whose eyes "shine the holy glimmers of good-byes". "An ecstasy of fumbling" follows the call "Gas! Gas! Quick, boys!" in a poem by this man whose title is taken from Horace. For 10 points, name this World War I poet who wrote "Strange Meeting", "Anthem for Doomed Youth", and "Dulce et Decorum Est".
In a poem by this man, a boy is bound "with belts and straps" before an angel appears and commands, "Offer the Ram of Pride instead of him", but is ignored.
Wilfred Owen [or Wilfred Edward Salter Owen]