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Disabled. By Wilfred Owen. He sat in a wheeled chair, waiting for dark, And shivered in his ghastly suit of grey, Legless, sewn short at elbow. Through the park. Voices of boys rang saddening like a hymn, Voices of play and pleasure after day, Till gathering sleep had mothered them from him.
"Disabled" was written by Wilfred Owen, one of the most famous British poets to emerge from World War I. The poem focuses on an injured soldier in the aftermath of that very same war. Still quite young, the man feels old and depends on others for virtually everything, having lost his legs and parts of his arms in battle.
Written in 1917 by one of the most famous British War poets, Wilfred Owen, ‘Disabled’ explores the physical and psychological trauma experienced during WW1 through the depiction of an injured war veteran.
When glow-lamps budded in the light-blue trees. And girls glanced lovelier as the air grew dim, —In the old times, before he threw away his knees. Now he will never feel again how slim. Girls’ waists are, or how warm their subtle hands, All of them touch him like some queer disease.
Written in 1917, Owen, a former soldier, conveys the physical and emotional scars that result young men being sent to fight. In the poem, we enter the mind of a disabled…. Read More.
Wilfred Owen Disabled. He sat in a wheeled chair, waiting for dark, And shivered in his ghastly suit of grey, Legless, sewn short at elbow. Through the park Voices of boys rang saddening like a hymn, Voices of play and pleasure after day, Till gathering sleep had mothered them from him. About this time Town used to swing so gay
Analysis (ai): "Disabled" by Wilfred Owen explores the physical and emotional toll of war through the perspective of an amputee soldier. Unlike many poems from the time, it refrains from glorifying combat.
