Anthem for Doomed Youth the first line of the poem: "What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?" The third album by British band The Libertines is named "Anthems For Doomed Youth", and features a song of the same name. American composer Stephen Whitehead included an orchestral setting of "Anthem for Doomed Youth" as a movement in his orchestral piece "Three Laments on the Great War" for soloists and orchestra. The piece is scored as a duet for mezzo-soprano and bass/baritone with orchestra. Anthem for Doomed Youth "Anthem for Doomed Youth" is a well-known poem written in 1917 by Wilfred Owen. It incorporates the
Contemplations (poem) be found in the poem, including patterns of imagery. One example of this pattern in the poem is the metaphor of seasons passing. The poem moves from autumn all the way through to summer. Another pattern that is seen is that the poem is continually moved from morning to night and back, which is clear in the periods of light and dark. It is also thought that these metaphors helped pave the way for future English Romantic poets, which supports a school of thought previously mentioned. Contemplations (poem) 1 Sometime now past in the Autumnal Tide, When Phoebus wanted but