Owen changed this form to prove a point and to change society's attitudes. It is important to note that Owen could never have changed poetic technique without first understanding what he was changing. We must remember that poetry, like painting, sculpture, dance, or music, is an art form. Any formal school established to study an art form teaches its students the history of the art form and the history of the technique of that art form. The school encourages its students to utilize past and present techniques and finally it gives its students the knowledge and the skills to use their own creativity to evolve or change what already exists.
Poetry is a dynamic force.
Poetry will always change and it will always evolve as long as there are new writers to write. But tradition and traditional forms must be respected and understood in order to change it. We have to remember, even if we have not studied poetry formally in an institution, that we are students of poetry, not only writers. Putting aside any more discussion of different forms and operating under the idea that Poetry is an art form, I would like to point out that there is a misconception among a lot of people today that one can just write down a reaction or a feeling and call it poetry. Poetry is a reaction and it is a feeling, but reacting to something and feeling something doesn't necessarily create Poetry.