Similarities Between Dulce Et Decorum Est And Mametz Wood

In the poems ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ by Wilfred Owen and ‘Mametz Wood’ by Owen Sheers, they both put alarming perspective. This is shown in ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ when it says ‘The old lie’ and in ‘Mametz Wood’ when it says ‘Towards the wood and its nesting machine guns.’ ‘The old lie’ suggests that it is telling the audience that anything good you hear when people advertise war is misleading and is deceptive to the reader. Saying ‘Towards the wood and its nesting machine guns.’ also suggests that from the very beginning they were heading into a trap that they cannot escape from. Especially in the word ‘nesting’ which allows us to have the image of the enemy waiting for them within the foliage of the forest like birds.

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