Owen’s attitude is very sarcastic towards the idea of it being honourable to die for one’s country. He reinforces this with a series of horrific images. It is quite possible that his poem has been written in response to the conscription drive, trying to crush the myth of valour. Owen believes it is torturous to be a soldier during the type of warfare and it is arduous the amount of cruelty that soldiers had to sustain. To Owen dying for one’s country and going to war is by no means hourable, and a lie shoved down the throats of the youth

. He chooses his words carefully to leave the reader with a gruesome, dreary, wearing and saddening sensation. He puts the reader in the mood to embrace the horrors the soldiers are going through. These include bent-double, coughing, cursed, haunting, trudge, fatigue, thick and drowning, smothering dreams, writhing in his face, and froth-corrupted lungs among others. The form is also an aide to Owen’s effort. His poem is unorganized and mangle much like the soldiers in his story which embody chaos.

On the other hand, the other of “To Lucasta” finds himself bidding farewell to his woman. It is obvious that in the near future he will be stepping forth on the battle grounds to fill what he believes is a noble and honorable calling. Bidding farewell to his woman he acts as if he is going to save the world. “To War and arms I fly” (line 4). War in the mid 1600’s is not what it was in the trenches of “Dulce et decorum Est.” Instead of the muddy battles, Men fought in the field and woods in neatly uniformed units with all the glory of the conquesting countries riding behind them. Death came from the sword or musket. Battle was considered of honorable nature and it was roted on ‘divide and Conquer;. The greenhorn, leaving his woman, carries the perception of the honorable fighting mentality. Though warfare was a little more cut and dried, his lack of experiences shows and he does not realize the fact that he could die and tough death.

War is attacked by both poets with different arguments. Owen wishes to present the reader with the ‘baloney’ of the age old myth dying for one’s country is the honorable thing to do. He utilizes gruesome images to achieve the desired effect. Lovelace, on the other hand, presents the view of one ignorant to the horrors of war, eager to rush out and fight for glory and to be a hero for hi

Some topics in this essay:
Richard Lovelace’s, Decorum Est”, Wilfred Owen, Owen’s Poem, Est” Instead, one’s country, Wilfred Owen’s, et decorum est”, “dulce et decorum, et decorum, decorum est”, “dulce et, “to lucasta”, desired effect, lovelace hand, myth valour, dying one’s country, fight one’s country, bidding farewell woman, leaving woman, crush myth,