What Does Dulce Et Decorum Est Mean To Die For One's Country
P 8 ASSIGNMENT
Read the explanation of IMAGERY in Chapter 15 of your text and answer the following questions. Be sure to go back to the module for definitions of the various figures of speech.
"Dulce et Decorum Est"
1. How is the title of this poem ironic?
The title of the poem is a verbal irony. “Dulce et Decorum Est” means to die for one’s country. To die for one’s country is regarded as an honorable, however, throughout the reader will notice that the speakers is saying the opposite of this. For example, at the end of the poem the speaker says “My friend, you would not tell with such high zest to children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est”
2. Point out two examples where Owen shows vivid images of the brutality of war. …show more content…
Another example is Owen’s description of a dying soldier. He goes into fine detail about how the man’s eyes withered in his face, hear the blood gargling in his throat. In both examples Owen creates vivid imaging by engaging the reader’s imagination and his senses
"The Eagle"
3. Point out one instance of personification.
There are many instances of personification I this poem. Personification is giving an animal place or thing human features and abilities. In the first line of the poem the speaker says “He clasps the crag with crooked hands.” Here he is giving the Eagle human features by referring to its claws as hands. The speaker also described the lands as lonely and says the sea crawls. In both instances the poet employs personification in his writing.
4. Point out one example of simile.
Simile is used in the last line of the poem. The speaker says “And like a thunderbolt he falls.” The speaker is comparing the way the Eagle flies to the way a thunderbolt
Read the explanation of IMAGERY in Chapter 15 of your text and answer the following questions. Be sure to go back to the module for definitions of the various figures of speech.
"Dulce et Decorum Est"
1. How is the title of this poem ironic?
The title of the poem is a verbal irony. “Dulce et Decorum Est” means to die for one’s country. To die for one’s country is regarded as an honorable, however, throughout the reader will notice that the speakers is saying the opposite of this. For example, at the end of the poem the speaker says “My friend, you would not tell with such high zest to children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est”
2. Point out two examples where Owen shows vivid images of the brutality of war. …show more content…
Another example is Owen’s description of a dying soldier. He goes into fine detail about how the man’s eyes withered in his face, hear the blood gargling in his throat. In both examples Owen creates vivid imaging by engaging the reader’s imagination and his senses
"The Eagle"
3. Point out one instance of personification.
There are many instances of personification I this poem. Personification is giving an animal place or thing human features and abilities. In the first line of the poem the speaker says “He clasps the crag with crooked hands.” Here he is giving the Eagle human features by referring to its claws as hands. The speaker also described the lands as lonely and says the sea crawls. In both instances the poet employs personification in his writing.
4. Point out one example of simile.
Simile is used in the last line of the poem. The speaker says “And like a thunderbolt he falls.” The speaker is comparing the way the Eagle flies to the way a thunderbolt