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;
Grace Taylor (poet) Grace Taylor (poet) Grace Teuila Evelyn Taylor (born c.1984) is a New Zealand poet and performer. Taylor is of English and Samoan heritage. She was born in about 1984 in South Auckland and refers to herself as "Afakasi" which is a 1930s Samoan word for someone of mixed heritage. She has an MA in Youth Development from Auckland University of Technology. In 2013 Taylor published her first collection of poetry, "Afakasi Speaks." She has been published in literary journals including "Hawai'i Review". Taylor wrote and performed the play "My Own Darling", which has been performed in South Auckland and broadcast