Dulce Et Decorum Est Essay
In the poem, “Dulce Et Decorum Est”, Wilfred Owen uses harsh, descriptive language to depict a haunting mood that contrast with the optimistic title of the story and the last line of the last stanza in the poem. Owen also uses strong imagery and descriptive words to show the horrors and hardships of the war and how they contradict to the title of the story.
Throughout the poem, Owen portrays the horrors and hardships of the war, which contrasts “The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est/Pro patria mori.” Owen uses depiction to describe the war and the many horrible things in it. “He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.” “Behind the wagon that we flung him in,/ And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,”. The depiction that Owen uses in
Throughout the poem, Owen portrays the horrors and hardships of the war, which contrasts “The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est/Pro patria mori.” Owen uses depiction to describe the war and the many horrible things in it. “He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.” “Behind the wagon that we flung him in,/ And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,”. The depiction that Owen uses in