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    Commentary-“Dulce et Decorum Est” Within the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” the author makes valid depictions of what he truly wants to inform readers of or about. There are different literary elements used by the author to illustrate the true essence of the poem. Such literary elements like metaphors‚ paradox‚ and imagery are used to show the meaning of the poem and what the author has to say. In developing the theme of the poem‚ the literary element most used that really helps to develop the theme

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    2. Analyse methods used to affect both feelings and thoughts in the texts you have studied “Soldier” – Rupert Brooke “Dulce et Decorum est” – Wilfred Owen Two poets I have identified to affect both feelings and thoughts through war poetry are Rupert Brooke with his pre- world war one poem ‘Soldier’ and Wilfred Owen through his poem ‘Dulce et Decorum est’. Both poems were written with the aim of affecting reader’s views towards the war‚ but the contrast between the two is unmistakeable. All throughout

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    in the poems you have studied so far. From studying “Peace‚” by Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen’s two poems “Anthem for Doomed Youth‚” and “Dulce et Decorum Est‚” we have easily gained the knowledge of the changing attitudes to war. As Brooke’s poem encourages war‚ “Anthem for Doomed Youth‚” states how undignified death at war is. While “Dulce et Decorum Est‚” presents the horrific realities of war through its visual imagery. Firstly it is easy for the reader to comprehend Brooke’s attitude to

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    If Paul Baumer were to respond to my first essay he would strongly disagree with it. Also‚ he would disagree with the Roman’s saying‚ Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori‚ for many reasons. First‚ Paul would disagree with my first essay because soldiers detach themselves from their feelings for the sake of surviving another day in the brutal war. “Just as we turn into animals when we go up to the line‚ because that is the only thing that brings us through safely…We can do nothing else‚ it is a sheer

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    drafts of "Dulce et Decorum Est‚" Owen ironically dedicates it to Jessie Pope‚ a writer of children’s books and conventionally patriotic poetry. Owen’s depiction of an incident between troops and poisonous gas clearly denies the tenet of resplendent patriotism spread by war recruiters and idealistic poets‚ such as Pope. By combining gruesome imagery and effective metaphors with the subtle nuances of the poem’s form‚ Wilfred Owen decries the belief of war’s glory in "Dulce et Decorum Est." Owen

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    survive but are no longer whole mentally or physically. His poems “Disabled” and “Dulce et Decorum est” both convey Owens main view on war. That it is not right and honorable to die the way men were on the war front for one’s country especially when they were just young men and children that had not lived yet and knew little of what war was really like. Lies are mentioned in both “Disable” and “Dulce et Decorum est” and convey Owen aversion to having children or young men ignorantly joining the army

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    poems "Dulce Et Decorum Est" and "Anthem for Doomed Youth" here Owen engages with the reader appealing to the readers empathy that is felt towards the soldier. These poems interact to explore the experiences of the soldiers on the battlefields including the realities of using gas as a weapon in war and help to highlight the incorrect glorification of war. This continuous interaction invites the reader to connect with the poems to develop a more thorough understanding of war. Dulce Et Decorum Est

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    English 1B Poetry Essay The Truth about War Is Wilfred Owen’s poem‚ “Dulce et Decorum‚” unpatriotic? Wilfred Owen’s poem‚ “Dulce et Decorum Est‚” is not an unpatriotic poem. Owen uses this poem to show that although people tend to think that there is honor and glory in fighting for your country‚ war is extremely horrific and draining. Though Owen uses painful‚ violent‚ and vivid images to convey the horrifying reality of war‚ he does not discuss patriotism; instead he uses these images

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    that have the ability to dehumanise everyone and are able to kill other humans with out concern. In Wilfred Owen’s poem ‘Dulce et Decorum est’‚ war and those who fight in the war are said to have been glorified. Dulce et Decorum est is a Latin phrase which means ‘it is sweet and right’. Owen has very cleverly added to the end‚ ‘the old lie; Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori’ which means ‘it is sweet and right to die for one’s country’ as a contradictory way to finish his poem. This saying was

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    Analysis of “Dulce et Decorum Est” The poem we have been analysing in class‚ Dulce et Decorum Est‚ was written by a man named Wilfred Owen. Wilfred Owen was a soldier in the first world war and was born on the 18th of March 1893‚ and died on the 4th of November 1918‚ a week before the end of the first world war. In this poem‚ Owen’s objective is to show the horror and reality of war‚ and to set this horror against the way in which war was often glorified. His objection‚ the glorification of

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