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World War I did not turn out to be the war people had anticipated. The general expectation was to defeat the enemy and return home by Christmas. However, this was far from the truth. In several instances, young boys falsified their ages to join the army, hoping to become war heroes and be remembered for their bravery. Instead, they returned with shell shock and lost limbs. The war, which was initially thought to last only six months, continued for over four years. During this period, more than 8 million soldiers lost their lives, and over 20 million were wounded (First World War, n.d.). The war also gave rise to many new poets, including soldiers and civilians who lived near the fighting. They witnessed the harsh reality of war, which was different from what they had grown up hearing. Some poets wrote about the battle itself, while others focused on the aftermath. Wilfred Owen was a poet who concentrated on the aftermath. Although they depict the same concepts, they are still very different. Owen uses differing irregular rhyme schemes and sentence structures to convey the soldier's feelings about the situation. He also employs different figurative language in each of the poems to express what these soldiers are going through on and off the battlefield. While "Disabled" uses an elliptical simile to describe a potential soldier, "Insensibility" uses anaphora to drive a point about the horrors of war to the reader. Most importantly, the two poems share similar and different themes. They both discuss the horrors of war and the impact it has on a person, but "Disabled" centers around the idea of loss, especially the loss of a limb, while "Insensibility" focuses on the idea that when it comes to war, ignorance keeps the innocent.

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