Wilfred Owen and WH Auden both effectively express their views on the sensitive subject of war, having experienced the direct impact of it which is unquestionably evident in their poems “Disabled” and “Refugee Blues” respectively. Both poems focus on the intense depiction of the unglamorous consequences associated with war. “Disabled,” according to the title, is about a young soldier who is physically and emotionally disabled during combat. The poem is written in the third person and focuses on the soldier's reluctance to continue his life as he falls into a slow depression which is illustrated by pathos (pity) where, at the end of the poem, the voice is spoken . of the soldier who asks himself “why don’t they come?” hoping to receive no response. Here, “they” refers to death itself and the use of repetition reinforces its endless misery and suffering. Similarly, "Refugee Blues" describes the lives of Jews who were forced to flee Europe when the Holocaust began, with the voice of an old man addressing what appears to be his wife using the expression “my dear”. The speaker's calm demeanor throughout the poem may suggest that he has made peace with the fact that he can do nothing and can only reassure his wife that everything will be okay. "But we are still alive, my dear, but we are still alive." Alternatively, it may suggest her depression and lost hope in any future. The two poems create a shocking contrast between before and after In "Disabled", Owen does this by alternating between present and past as well as changing tone from happy to sad and giving the reader a backstory of how the soldier ended up disabled through occasional flashbacks. throughout the poem What is horrible... middle of paper ... the difference is that in "Disabled", the soldier feels completely alone and will never be loved again because of his physical disability. whereas in "Refugee Blues" the refugees have each other as companions but are emotionally isolated from the world around them since Hitler declared they were no longer people and had their passports taken away while that all the doors have been shut in their faces” and yet there is no room for us, my dear, and yet there is no room for us. In conclusion, both poems successfully represent the theme of pity for war. However, I think we tend to sympathize more with the soldier in "Handicapped" than the refugees in "Refugee Blues" due to the fact that it is written more realistically compared to "Refugee Blues" which states a very generalized idea without going all the way. too in-depth with the harsh details of war.