In terms of rhyme scheme, this poem has a definite pattern of abab, cdcd, efef, and so on. However, instead of the poem being divided into four line quatrains, Owen establishes by connecting quatrains of similar patterns of abab together into the first two eight-lined stanzas. Owen also uses a common and modern diction in this poem. Although, he is telling the story, it is rather informal; such as he uses words like "flound'ring" on line 12 and "fumbling" on line 9.

In the first stanza, Owen opens up by giving phrases such as "like old beggars under sacks", "men marched asleep", and "drunk with fatigue", which strongly provides the readers with vivid pictures of soldiers pushing forward in slow and controlled pace despite of deplorable conditions they are in.

Up until now, the lack of a motive for the soldiers to fight in the battle had caused them not to be the patriots or heroes. These soldier had only sought out to survive, not fighting any enemies that seem to exist only as gas shells within the poem. Owen supports the lie of dulce et decorum would have described these men in heroic terms, are described negatively as "beggars" or "hags" in the first stanza. In addition, despite of the drudgery and horrors that soldiers experienced depicted in the first two stanzas of the poem, there were not any signs of patriotic motives.

In the end of the four lines, usage of the words such as "with such high zest" implies that "once the sentiment of dulce et decorum was once held by either the speaker or the dead man who he now sees on the wagon." In the second of the four lines, the words "children" and " desperate" implies that young men striving for glory are not aware of the

truth of what they want, much like children don't understand all the consequences of their actions. "Desperate" advances the ide

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