Wilfred Owen wrote “Strange Meeting” in the spring or early summer of 1918 and is at the forefront of Owen's achievements. During this time, World War I is at the height of its destruction and is seen as the most horrific of the two Great Wars due to trench warfare. This poem explores a strange encounter and an even stranger fate for the innocent victims of war. Today we study famous World War I poets such as John McCrae, Alan Seeger, and Isaac Rosenberg, because they fascinate the horrors of war and help today's society realize the mass destruction that “the titanic wars had wrought” (3). I think I fell in love with Owen's poetry because it doesn't glorify war or make it heroic. It carefully illustrates the cruel and inhuman experiences of soldiers during the wars and the many "strange friends" who managed to "escape" towards death in