Dulce Et Decorum Est Diction Analysis
War isn't one thing many of us enjoy, it’s tretorus, terrifying and most of all, degrading. In “Dulce et Decorum Est” Wilfred Owen uses graphic diction and irregular, slow moving lines to explain to the public how dreadful war really is. His graphic diction gave Owens opinion on how he felt about the propaganda the public was getting about the war.
In the poem, Owen’s graphic diction and irregular, slow lines gave the the poem the sense of how slow the war moved, and how no man should ever experience it. The narrator starts the poem off “Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,/ knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through the sludge,” (1-2). This gave strong images of men during the war struggling each day to stay alive. Next,
In the poem, Owen’s graphic diction and irregular, slow lines gave the the poem the sense of how slow the war moved, and how no man should ever experience it. The narrator starts the poem off “Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,/ knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through the sludge,” (1-2). This gave strong images of men during the war struggling each day to stay alive. Next,