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Who is Death from Collected Poems and what is their importance? Collected_Poems English & Literature Death | Collected Poems

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Death appears in the poem, The Show and The Next War. He takes Owen above the battlefield, a sight that terrifies Owen and causes his fall back down to earth. Afterward, Death takes on the form of a worm, showing Owen his own severed head. Owen finally realizes that Death is not his enemy..... Death is merely accompanyinh him on his journey during the war.