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How would you scan Wilfred Owen's poem Futility ? I am confused as to where the stresses are.

Posted by sue-mc on March 23, 2010 at 6:13 AM and tagged with futility, literature, wlifred owen

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mstultz72

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Here is the poem with the stresses in bold.

Move him into the sun -
Gently its touch...

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Posted by mstultz72 on March 23, 2010 at 9:24 AM

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