Strange Meeting 'Strange Meeting' by Wilfred Owen is a poem about a soldier at war who comes into contact with the spirit of a dead soldier. The poem begins with a soldier's relief as he escapes war; but then realizes where he was when he sees the dead soldier. The spirit tells him that joining the war is simply a waste of life. The poem describes the cruelty and harshness of war and what it means to live in it. Owen's primary goal was to reveal the truth about war and the gruesome, grisly reality of being a soldier, contradicting the propaganda depicting soldiers as heroic, honorable, and proud. Owen's poem "Strange Meeting" shows the horrors of war through dramatic and memorable accounts. images that allow us to feel deep pity for the young soldiers, whether it is the soldier's inner physical or mental pain. For example, “They will be swift with the swiftness of the tigress” (line 29) is a metaphor describing the violent attacks during the war. Meanwhile, “With a thousand fears the face of this vision was grained” (line 11) gives a clear picture of what the dead soldier's face looked like, bringing pity to the reader. These images are used to show the immense harm and brutality of war and its effects on men. The dead soldier describes the blood that clogged the "wheels of his chariot" (line 35), thus showing his regret for participating in the war now that he was aware of its ugliness. So when the soldier states that "men's brows bled where there was no wound" (line 42), he is truly expressing the cruelty of war and how it leaves men with scarred souls. All of these images highlight the sheer pain of war. Owen's use of assonance, alliteration, and onomatopoeia in the poem helps bring it to life and reminds us of the horrific situation in middle of paper..... .fred Owen to effectively generate sympathy for the second soldier as he describes the pain the men endured during the war. Only after describing the second soldier does one discover his true identity, the enemy the soldier killed in war, which can be proven by the second soldier's ironic question: "I am the enemy you killed, my friend? (line 43). To conclude, Wilfred Owen wrote the truth. That was his goal. He did not seek to dramatize his poetry. Its simplicity is what draws readers in and what they feel they can relate to. In “Strange Meeting,” Owen proved to his readers that his intention was the simple truth; and in my opinion, that's what it accomplished: sharing the atrocities of war through the eyes of two soldiers. This poem really spoke to me, its clever words played like a movie and the truth behind the lines of the poem really shocked me..