Owen is Posted to Ripon and Composes Major Poems
Poet involved
What happened
In March 1918, Owen is posted to the Northern Command Depot at Ripon, North Yorkshire. He spends his 25th birthday quietly at Ripon Cathedral, dedicated to his namesake St. Wilfrid, and during this period composes or revises several of his finest poems, including 'Futility' and 'Strange Meeting'.
Literary impact
The Ripon period represents the apex of Owen's poetic achievement, as he brought to completion the works that would secure his posthumous reputation. The cathedral setting, with its associations of sacrifice and renewal, infused poems like 'Strange Meeting' with a deep, elegiac spirituality that transcended mere protest and approached tragic vision.
Source: Wikipedia
