Dulce Et Decorum Est

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Poetic Devices
1. Metaphor
  1. Drunk with fatigue
  2. Green sea
2. Alliteration
  1. Men marched asleep, many had lost their boots
    1. Repitition of letter "M"
3. Hyperbole
  1. All went lame, all blind
4. Personification
  1. clumsy helmets
5. Simile
  1. coughing like hags
  2. bent double, like old beggars
6. Diction
  1. Hags
Background
1. Dulce Et Decorum Est was written by Wilfred Owen during the World War 1. It's known for its horrific imagery and condemnation of war. The title of "Dulce Et Decorum Est" is taken from the Latin word which mean "It's sweet and glorious" which then followed by pro patria mori, which means "to die for one's country".
Meaning
1. First Stanza
  1. Explaining about the condition of the soldiers when they were marching back to their place. It shows how tired and bad their condition were.
2. Second Stanza
  1. The soldiers were ambushed by the enemy with a poisonous gas. They were fitting their mask as fast as they could to save themselves. Some got lucky but some didn't survive.
3. Third Stanza
  1. The survivors including the poet himself were forced to witness a frightening event with their own eyes which then haunted them.
4. Fourth Stanza
  1. The poet was describing the event that haunted him which is watching and witnessing his fellow soldiers and friends died. As soon as he done describing the most frightening event that happened in front of him, he told people to stop telling beautiful lies about the war.

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	Created by Syakir Shahrizan over 8 years ago