Why did Wilfred Owen write futility?

Answer 1

How he is against all wars. He informs young men on how the war really is.

The main ideas in the poem "Disabled are that of regret, and telling the reader to think before you take actions, no matter how serious or not they may be.

The main character or figure in "Disabled" speaks about how he misses all of the wonderful memories that he had only last year, before he lied his way to go to war underage to show off, only to lose limbs and get burnt to become an old man who is only about 17 or 18 and has aged as though he is elderly. He has to live in a care home and spends his day watching children in the playground.

This teaches us that you must cherish what you have and don't take anything for granted, because you never know when you can suddenly lose everything you have got when you do not expect it.

Wilfred Owen uses repetition throughout the poem to try and bring these messages of regret across, such as "Now he will never feel again" and "Now, he is old; his back will never brace;" to emphasis what he will never have again and how much he has lost.

Answer 2

He wrote about WW1 to inform young men on how the war really is not glamorous but Life-threatening and gruesome. It is also from his past experience whilst he was at war and what he saw. The main idea of the story was to show what war does to you! Like the soldier in the poem he lost his limbs and dignity as a man due to war but the poem is not just based on the man it is based on thousands of men who suffered from shell shock, loss of blood, loss of limbs e.t.c

Hope this helps

Answer 3

Wilfred Owen wrote "Futility" to convey the senselessness and waste of war, questioning the purpose and value of life in the face of death on the battlefield. The poem reflects Owen's anti-war sentiments and his disillusionment with the glorification of war.

Answer 4

Owen wrote this poem because it was his experience during the war

Answer 5

similes, alliterations, personifications, onomatopoeia, irony, imagery