Difference Between 2 War Poems
Dulce Et Decorum Est and Flanders Field: Comparison and Interpretation
This is my comparison and interpretation on these two exceptional poems.
Dulce Et decorum Est is a renowned poem in English literature, composed by Wilfred Owen a soldier in service, who lived the nightmares in this poem in world war one. This depiction aids you in envisioning the gory bloodshed - the consequences of the gas attack. This poem describes the gas attack in the trench whilst presenting the undeniable truth about war in its full glory.
While, Flanders Field is contrasting to the before poem, this poem is an embodiment of symbolism and irony. It is an eminent piece of poetry, by John McRae- a major who also suffered the horrors of the Great War. The poem refers to a huge field - the area where many war casualties are buried; the earth where they lay, grow a whole selection of poppies which are now the symbol of Remembrance Day.
Dulce has been composed with a lot of obscured meanings: but, the main message sent to the readers is the reflection of the cruel reality that the war contains. The poem comprises of three stanzas: beginning with a description of the landscape where it is describing the exhausted soldiers and their helpless plight in minute details, making you feel empathy for them. The second stanza emphasizes the tension, the instincts, and the adrenaline build-up in that unanticipated gas attack. In spite of the joint efforts that one soldier clumsily dropped his gas mask resulting in him, living that fear of death with a macabre, stagnant end. The last stanza emphasizes the consequences of that grisly gas assault with an ending flourish from a few lines from Horace’s Odes proven false. These lines were: Dulce et decorum est, pro patria mori – it is sweet and noble to die for your country.
In this poem, there are many devices, which make this piece very different and effective. This poem has a selection of similes like devil’s sick of sin which makes you understand
This is my comparison and interpretation on these two exceptional poems.
Dulce Et decorum Est is a renowned poem in English literature, composed by Wilfred Owen a soldier in service, who lived the nightmares in this poem in world war one. This depiction aids you in envisioning the gory bloodshed - the consequences of the gas attack. This poem describes the gas attack in the trench whilst presenting the undeniable truth about war in its full glory.
While, Flanders Field is contrasting to the before poem, this poem is an embodiment of symbolism and irony. It is an eminent piece of poetry, by John McRae- a major who also suffered the horrors of the Great War. The poem refers to a huge field - the area where many war casualties are buried; the earth where they lay, grow a whole selection of poppies which are now the symbol of Remembrance Day.
Dulce has been composed with a lot of obscured meanings: but, the main message sent to the readers is the reflection of the cruel reality that the war contains. The poem comprises of three stanzas: beginning with a description of the landscape where it is describing the exhausted soldiers and their helpless plight in minute details, making you feel empathy for them. The second stanza emphasizes the tension, the instincts, and the adrenaline build-up in that unanticipated gas attack. In spite of the joint efforts that one soldier clumsily dropped his gas mask resulting in him, living that fear of death with a macabre, stagnant end. The last stanza emphasizes the consequences of that grisly gas assault with an ending flourish from a few lines from Horace’s Odes proven false. These lines were: Dulce et decorum est, pro patria mori – it is sweet and noble to die for your country.
In this poem, there are many devices, which make this piece very different and effective. This poem has a selection of similes like devil’s sick of sin which makes you understand