Wilfred Owen Poem Analysis Notes Maundy Thursday Summary: During Maundy Thursday (a Christian holiday that commemorates The Last Supper), the speaker watches men, women, and children go up to the altar to kiss the cross. The speaker does the same. Poetic Devices: Religious imagery crucifix, cross, ?Body of the Christ,? creed, server-lad (shown before the cross because people are the more important religion, especially the common person) the speaker?s disenchantment with religion Sonnet Slight volta at line 9 when the speaker begins to reference himself Switch in rhyme scheme from Shakespearean to Petrarchan Breaks the meter in ?brown hands? and ?warm live hand? --> because the hands have more emphasis than the cross because again, people > religion