sentences:  The poem spins a chain of possibilities and disharmonies but always returns to the idea of the value of what we have experienced.This is a poem of turns and surprises and we enjoyed it more with each reading".In a radio interview in 2002, Owen said that "I sometimes think that I should be writing political satire or trying to tackle the real problems of this world, and then I remember a Taoist saying which is 'You think you can improve the world?