Dulce Et Decorum est

Wilfred Owen chose the title “Dulce et Decorum Est” to disapprove its lie and reveal the sarcasm and irony. Calling the readers “my friend,” Owen discourages the “children’s” beliefs in the old lie. Experiencing the devastation of war, Owen got inspired by the intense feelings and emotions to write it out. As a former teacher Owen was completely terrified when he saw the terrible things happening to his young comrades, no different to the children Owen once taught. His use of rhymes, vivid language and imagery phrases point out his expression. The poem describes the fatigue, blindness, death, sufferings, and horrors of war. It shows the everlasting painful conditions of a soldier “bent double”, “trudging” through mud with bloody feet and blind eyes, cautious to every second, aware of the death beyond death. Moreover worse, ill with fatal wounds and poisoned lungs. This poem gives a big lead to criticisms to those who would influence war as time for glory.

As a poem with an anti-war subject, Owen creates a serious tone with both slow emotional trudging and hasty action. He writes with a battlefield rhythm. This affects the extreme portrayal of war as horrid and dreadful. Owen wanted the reader to take out of