Snaith School // Dulce El DEecorum Est
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- Dulce El DEecorum Est
- The Old Lie
- 'Dulce et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori'
- Owen is arguing that war is not an honourable affairr, and is insetad filled with pain and suffering
- This is the overall theme of the poem, and the moment it had been building to
- Owen is arguing that war is not an honourable affairr, and is insetad filled with pain and suffering
- 'Dulce et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori'
- Similies and Metaphors
- 'Bent double like old beggers' is toying with the idea that war is a process that ages young men
- 'Choking, stumbling, in my dreams' Owen is showing that war haunts the soldiers, and can never truly be over
- 'Bent double like old beggers' is toying with the idea that war is a process that ages young men
- The poem's menaing
- The poem onlyu truly became popular afer Wilfried's death
- The poet never knew hos famous this poem would be
- This shows the how selfless the message of the poem was
- Wilfried also challenged the social norm, as he was a homosexual man in the 1920s
- This shows he was challenged by society, but still battled in wars for his country
- The style of the poem is inspired by and similar to French style poems
- The first part of the poem is written in first person, as though he is in the action
- The second part of the poem is written a sif he is distanced from the horror
- The first part of the poem is written in first person, as though he is in the action
- The Old Lie
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