1. Dulce et Deorum Est
Specifically he wrote the poem to counteract her poem "Who's For The Game?". Owen felt that Pope did not comprehend the seriousness of the war in her portrayal of the battle as a rugby game. Pope conveyed the participants of the "game" were admirable and those who sat on the sidelines shunned and disregarded. ... Owen was a soldier himself, would he not know more about the horrors that war brings than the female poet, who could only be permitted to watch from the outside of her competitive yet carefree game of rugby? ... Line eight, the final line of the first stanza, includes a similar s...
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- Grade Level: High School