... abandon their comrade. They load his body into a lorry and walk along, unable to stop his suffering, showing us that the individual soldiers are caring, but have been manipulated. The vocabulary and imagery used by Owen in this stanza is deliberately shocking to force his readers to react. For example, the simile "obscene as cancer"(line 23) is effective, because everybody ... running out into a blood bath. The graphic images displayed here are profoundly affecting and can never be forgotten. The poem ties it all together in the last few lines. In Latin, the phrase "Dulce et decorum est...

• Word Count: 1354
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... abandon their comrade. They load his body into a lorry and walk along, unable to stop his suffering, showing us that the individual soldiers are caring, but have been manipulated. The vocabulary and imagery used by Owen in this stanza is deliberately shocking to force his readers to react. For example, the simile "obscene as cancer"(line 23) is effective, because everybody ... running out into a blood bath. The graphic images displayed here are profoundly affecting and can never be forgotten. The poem ties it all together in the last few lines. In Latin, the phrase "Dulce et decorum est...

• Word Count: 1354
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School