How Do the Poems "refugee Blues" and "disabled" Present the Impacts of War?

Wilfred Owen and W H Auden are both war poets, each experiencing a different war but both expressing the same feeling-loss. The two poems Disabled; by Wilfred Owen and Refugee Blues by W H Auden were both a passionate response to the horrors of war. Disabled talks about a warrior, in third narrative perspective, during World War 1, who has lost his youth as he believed that this will make his country, friends, family and lover proud. Whereas Refugee Blues is written in first person who conveys the plight of the German Jews during the time of World War 2. Although both of these poems refer to the same theme, a loss of human dignity, both physically and emotionally there are a numerous amount of contrasts throughout both texts. Each poet uses different techniques and styles to expose the theme of their poem.

The impacts from war in both of the poems are alienation and rejection from society. This is show in "Refugee Blues" by the forced fleeing of the German Jews to Britain by the Nazis, then when the German Jews arrive in Britain they are not accepted and are turned away from shelter and help. This is shown in the quotes "once we had a country and we thought it fair" this is the narrator talking of Germany before they were forced to flee, also the quote "came to a public meeting; and the speaker said "if we let them in they will steal our daily bread" this shows that the British were not willing to accept the Jews. The alienation in "Disabled" is shown by the ignorance of other towards him. In the poem after the soldier is injured and he returns home most people cannot bear to look at him and ignore him. This is shown in the quote "tonight he noticed how the women's eyes passed from him to the strong men that were whole." This shows how most people deliberately ignore him for other men.

The physical effects of war are shown in both the poems. In the poem "Refugee Blues" the physical