The Parable of the old man and the young

"The Parable of the old man and the young" is a poem by Wilfred Owen which compares the ascent of Abraham to mount Moriah and his sacrifice there with the start of The Great War. In the poem, Abraham represents either Germany or the Kaiser Wilhelm II (as the origin of the War and Isaac the youth of Europe.

See the main Wilfred Owen page and the Oxford Owen Digital Archive.

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