Dulce Et Decorum Est By Wilfred Owen During World War I

"Dulce et Decorum est" is a poem written by Wilfred Owen during World War I, and published in 1920 . Poet Wilfred Owen uses metaphors, imagery, and repetition in his poem. First, Owen is riddled with metaphors meant evoke a discovery for the reader. At the beginning of his poem he states: "Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots." It can be interpret as metaphorical way of showing the men’s physical state in the war conditions. Secondly, the author tries to illustrate in this poem the gory details of the World War 1, especially a gas attack. For example, the line where he says: "As under a green sea." shows a particularly horrific death during the war. It also evokes the reality of drowning. Finally, Owen gets reader's attention