Arms and the Boy The title alludes to the opening words of Virgil's Latin epic poem the "Aeneid": "Arma virumque cano" ("Of arms and the man I sing"). The poem is written in heroic couplets, in which successive pairs of lines have related ending sounds. In this instance, the final words do not rhyme; for example, "blade" and "blood" in the quotation. This is a scheme called half rhyme. Text of the Poem at Poetry Foundation Arms and the Boy "Arms and the Boy" is a poem by Wilfred Owen. Like Owen's other famous poems, it deals with the atrocities of World War I;
George Barlow (poet) by Edward Bennett; his sonnet sequences explored spiritualism and erotic love. In addition to his published poetry oeuvre, Barlow wrote at least two non-fiction books, "History of the Dreyfus case" (1898) and "The genius of Dickens". He was a regular contributor to the "Contemporary Review". George Barlow (poet) George Barlow (19 June 1847, London – 1913 or 1914) was an English poet, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym James Hinton. Barlow was the son of George Barnes Barlow, Master of the Crown Office, and was educated at Harrow School and Exeter College, Oxford. He moved to London in 1871, and