Jelinek knows the Doomed Youth

"I believe in prayer for the dead. I have seen too much... So I feel very bad for my kawntree-man to die without the Sacrament, and to die in a bad way for his soul, and I feel sad for his family."

Anthem for a Doomed Youth presents the same ideas Jelinek has in poem form. The somber, dreary sonnet presents separation of war and church, and how war ultimately negates religion. Owen believes that war causes unnecessary death and is a waste of young lives, which seems to be echoed by Jelinek and Grandfather.

~kd.