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    Compare Dulce Et Decorum Est and Refugee Blues Both the poems are based at periods of War‚ but the difference being is that ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ depicts the very physical suffering of the soldiers in the muddy‚ bloody trenches of the First World War‚ (The Great War)‚ and is written for the purpose of educating those on the home front‚ who are naïve to the suffering experienced by the soldiers on the front line‚ people referred to as his friends‚ who must be informed about the old lie‚ ‘Dulce Et Decorum

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    Komunyakaa and “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen‚ are two powerful poems with the graphical life like images on the reality of war. It is apparent that the authors was a soldier who experienced some of the most gruesome images of World War I. In “Ducle et Decorum Est” Owen tells us about a personal experience in which he survived a chemical warfare attack. Although he survives‚ some of his fellow troops do not. As in “Facing It” Komunyakaa is also a soldier who has survived a war. Komunyakaa response

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    Compare and contrast the two poems ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ by Wilfred Owen and ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ by Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson. The two poems ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ and ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ were both written during in a war. ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ was written October 1917 during world war one (WW1). The earliest surviving manuscript is the letter he sent it to his Mother‚ Susan Owen‚ with the message “Here is a gas poem done yesterday‚ (which is not private‚ but not final)”

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    description of how the soldiers we’re sent off to the battlefront‚ during World War I. In this poem‚ Owen conveys to us that the soldiers are being sent to their doom. From the very start we sense the soldiers’ lost fate. The soldiers go to the train‚ they are singing joyfully‚ as if they are being sent to a country picnic‚ but of course the narration is omniscient‚ we know what lies ahead of them‚ and so simultaneously the lanes are darkening around them. This poem actually conveys a message that war is not

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    Tennyson’s Charge of The Light Brigade and Owen’s Dulce Et Decorum Est both explore warfare. However they each have significant differences. Charge Of The Light Brigade was written in the 18th Century and is about the Crimean War. It explains‚ in a very majestic manner‚ that fighting in a war is something every soldier should be extremely proud of. Sacrifices have to be made and bravery is an absolute necessity. Tennyson ignores the darkness and slaughter of war by emphasising the courage and loyalty that

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    Theoretical Further Individual Oral Key ideas and Central Tension The Poem Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen describes at first the horrific face of war and its battlefields. After this Wilfred has a short reflection on the general experience of fighting WWI. He has a very bittersweet tone and is not in favor of the War. This comes clear as one analyses the last four lines in the last stanza. In the first stanza Wilfred Owen compares the soldiers that are usually held in high regards to

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    The First World War was a time of great loss of life and bloodshed. Wilfred Owen‚ a soldier fighting with the British Army‚ wrote the poem Dulce et Decorum est to describe‚ possibly to the public‚ the horrific consequences of taking part and fighting in the war. During the poem‚ he describes the aftermath of a poison gas attack‚ and the injuries sustained by a soldier whom had inhaled the deadly substance. Owen uses gruesome imagery to vividly show in verse the horrible death the soldier faces‚ in

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    World War One was a very horrible and gruesome war in the early 20th century. According to Encyclopedia Britannica‚ about 8.5 million soldiers died during it‚ and there were over 37 million total casualties‚ making it one of the bloodiest conflicts in history. In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front‚ author Erich Maria Remarque describes the life of a WWI soldier and the effects it had on the men. Wilfred Owen wrote the poem Dulce et Decorum Est as a soldier during the war. Similarly‚ this poem

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    Analyse how the writer uses language to influence the reader’s attitude towards a particular issue. In the poem Dulce Et Decorum Est‚ Wilfred Owen uses language to attempt to influence the reader’s attitude towards the issue of war and the effects of it. Before reading Owen’s poem my personal views on war were vague and unclear and (like most of my generation)‚ I had become desensitised through television and video games. Owen’s use of language and strong imagery has clearly shown me the ugly

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    Compare How War is Portrayed in the Poems Dulce et Decorum Est **and Five Ways to Kill a Man Both Owen’s Dulce et Decorum Est and Brock’s Five Ways to Kill a Man portray war in a bad light. How they achieve this objective however differs from each other vastly. Owen’s poem is a first-hand account of a gas attack in the First World War. Brock’s poem is a far removed spectator view of war throughout the ages. Owen’s poem uses vivid imagery and strong emotions to attack the fallacies of war‚ while

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