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08 Oct 02 - 06:09 PM (#799139) Subject: Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen 1893 - 1918 From: GUEST,Jim Clark..London..England Wilfred Owen originaly called this poem " The Deranged" for it describes in vivid detail the ghostly sad demented victims of shell shock and worse injury who had suffered brain damage....He himself had suffered shell shock but had recovered sufficiently to be sent back to the frontline where he himself was to eventualy meet his death on November the 4th 1918....and heres the link to the page with the sound poem.. Mental Cases sound poem by Wilfred Owen Mental Cases Who are these? Why sit they here in twilight? Wherefore rock they, purgatorial shadows, Drooping tongues from jaws that slob their relish, Baring teeth that leer like skulls' teeth wicked? Stroke on stroke of pain, - but what slow panic, (5) Gouged these chasms round their fretted sockets? Ever from their hair and through their hands' palms Misery swelters. Surely we have perished Sleeping, and walk hell; but who these hellish? – These are men whose minds the Dead have ravished. (10) Memory fingers in their hair of murders, Multitudinous murders they once witnessed. Wading sloughs of flesh these helpless wander, Treading blood from lungs that had loved laughter. Always they must see these things and hear them, (15) Batter of guns and shatter of flying muscles, Carnage incomparable, and human squander Rucked too thick for these men's extrication. Therefore still their eyeballs shrink tormented Back into their brains, because on their sense (20) Sunlight seems a blood-smear; night comes blood-black; Dawn breaks open like a wound that bleeds afresh. – Thus their heads wear this hilarious, hideous, Awful falseness of set-smiling corpses. – Thus their hands are plucking at each other; (25) Picking at the rope-knouts of their scourging; Snatching after us who smote them, brother, Pawing us who dealt them war and madness |
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08 Oct 02 - 06:49 PM (#799157) Subject: RE: Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen 1893 - 1918 From: Amos Georgie!! Over here!! Ya gotta read this. Oh...well, hell., we can find someone 'll read it to ya. Ya just gotta hear this, man. It is so keeewl.... A |
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09 Oct 02 - 10:12 AM (#799438) Subject: RE: BS: Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen 1893 - 1918 From: GUEST,Jim Clark..London..England Glad you liked it Amos |
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09 Oct 02 - 11:41 PM (#800076) Subject: RE: BS: Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen 1893 - 1918 From: rangeroger Refresh |
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10 Oct 02 - 08:34 PM (#800744) Subject: RE: BS: Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen 1893 - 1918 From: GUEST,Jim Clark..London..England Any other Wilfred Owen fans out there |
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10 Oct 02 - 08:51 PM (#800756) Subject: RE: BS: Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen 1893 - 1918 From: Amergin i am....thanks |
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10 Oct 02 - 09:35 PM (#800776) Subject: RE: BS: Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen 1893 - 1918 From: Thomas the Rhymer War, devoid of all possible glamour... Noone 'wants' to go here... It's 'cool' to go a warrin', to come home quite upset by it is a lonely madness... one *very* well depicted in this poem... excellent! |
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10 Oct 02 - 09:56 PM (#800783) Subject: RE: BS: Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen 1893 - 1918 From: alison yes me....... probably the only poems I can remember from the ones we learnt in school its hard to beat Dulce et decorum est slainte alison |
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10 Oct 02 - 09:58 PM (#800784) Subject: RE: BS: Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen 1893 - 1918 From: alison a few of his well know poems are here and some other links at the bottom slainte alison |
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10 Oct 02 - 10:09 PM (#800787) Subject: RE: BS: Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen 1893 - 1918 From: jimmyt Alison, Small world albiet downunder! I am also a big fan of Dulce et decorum est pro patria more. In 1955, as a freshman at Ohio State University over here in the colonies, having been exposed to mostly drivel in high school, stuff about as deep as greeting card stock, i had a graduate assistant instructor from Oxford who introduced me to This fabulous poem. First poem I ever read that moved me! Still does Jim |
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11 Oct 02 - 06:51 AM (#800934) Subject: RE: BS: Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen 1893 - 1918 From: GUEST,Jim Clark..London..England Thanx Guys, For your feedback..yes Owen was an extra-ordinary commentator on the terrors of the great war,and wars in perpetuity....I've added an almost definitive gallery of pictures of Owen to the poetry heroes section of my website.....so you might enjoy a look ...and a listen to some of the poems as well.. acoustic musicians and poets sound archive Regards.. Jim Clark... |
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30 Aug 03 - 01:37 AM (#1010643) Subject: RE: BS: Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen 1893 - 1918 From: GUEST,.gargoyle I can relate! Dead before his time.
Sincerely, |
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30 Aug 03 - 02:08 AM (#1010648) Subject: RE: BS: Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen 1893 - 1918 From: GUEST When I click on the .wav files it says I have to join the group. What gives? How come I have to join? I am not against joining as such but why should I join yet another discussion group? I am in enough and getting enough junk mail from them, already! DtG |