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;
Fiona Benson (poet) motherhood, are paired seamlessly with moments of great tenderness" Fiona Benson (poet) Fiona Benson (born 1978) is an English poet. She has one full poetry collection, "Bright Travellers", which has won numerous awards including being on the shortlist for the prestigious T.S. Eliot Prize in 2015. She has an upcoming poetry collection, "Vertigo and Ghost", due out in 2019. Benson was born in Wroughton, England. She received her Master of Letters and PhD in English from Saint Andrew’s University, Scotland, where she wrote her dissertation on the Ophelia figure in Early Modern Drama. She is resident in Thorverton, Devon. Benson