Mental Cases
“Mental Cases” by Wilfred Owen was first drafted at Rippon in May 1918 and was revised at Scarborough in July. ... “Mental Cases” is both a powerful poem and a propaganda document. Owen’s aim is to describe in stark detail the ghastly physical symptoms of mental torment. In this poem of three stanza’s Owen shows how soldiers have become ‘mental cases’ as a result of experiences in the war. ... Through “Mental Cases” Owen is able to draw experiences from the trench warfare and at Craiglock-hart Hospital.