47. Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen
I'll put in Owen, whom I only recently began to read. (I have the C. Day Lewis--don't know if the newer edition is substantially different/better.)
The line that got me, the one that put him in my personal canon, comes in "The Send-Off":
So secretly, like wrongs hushed-up, they went.
That's the line that made me want to read more. The moments that resonate most with me have this kind of quiet savagery, phrases that seem to come through gritted teeth. All of the terror, the outrage, the despair--you'd think he'd be shrieking but he almost whispers it all in your ear.
Pat
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