That's a lovely point, Julie. Exemplified, I think, by Owen's use of 'my friend' in the fourth to last line. Not a jot of irony, just a recognition of common humanity. Owen famously said 'the poetry is in the pity' and this extended (unlike with Sassoon — not that I blame him and there's room for his anger too) not just to the soldiers but, in a very Christ-like way, to everyone.
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