Spring Offensive is a collection of poems by Wilfred Owen, a British soldier and poet who served in World War I. The poems in this collection explore the horrors of war, the futility of war, and the effects of war on the soldiers who fight it. The title poem, “Spring Offensive”, is a powerful and vivid description of a battle in which the British forces are victorious, but at a terrible cost. Other poems in the collection include “The Show”, “The Chances”, “The Parable of the Old Man and the Young”, “The End”, “The Sentry”, “The Dead-Beat”, “The Next War”, and “The Last Laugh”. Through these poems, Owen conveys the tragedy of war and the futility of fighting it.
By Wilfred Owen · First published 1918 · Genre: Poetry, War Literature, Historical Fiction