Wilfred Owen's Poem 'Dulce Et Decorum Est'
Dulce et Decorum estThis Poem Dulce et Decorum est was written during the First World War by a man named Wilfred Owen. Wilfred Owen at the time this poem was written was an officer in the British Army and this poem depicts how he deeply opossed the intervention of one nation into another. Owen allows us to see his veiw on World War One, and the reader gets a first hand experience of the atrocities these soldiers had to face as it was written by a man who was there and lived the experience, in this poem Owen conveys the horrors of the war and uncovers the hidden truths behind the First World War that the propaganda posters did not show.The first line of the poem “Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, knock-kneed, coughing like hags”, and
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Owen then makes it clear to the reader, that he himself knows that what they are reading will shock them, that is why in the next quote he says that they could only imagine this in their dreams it also hints at Owen's disbelief that this too could be happening to him. “If in some smothering dreams you could pace, Behind the wagon we flung him in”. This suggests how meaninglessly and disrespectivly the bodies of the dead soldiers where treated. This extract shows an example of effective imagery and Owen uses a lot of imaginative language, all these techniques that Owen is using has an imaginative effect on the reader, as the reader subconsiously imagining what is taking place.Wilfred Owen knew very much about his fellow soldiers, including their age and experiences. And despite their difference in age, they shared their feeling with one another. That is why the poet uses sarcasm and sorrow in this next quotation.“My friend, you would not tell with such high zest, To children ardent for some desperate glory,”The poet is being ironic, when he uses the address: ‘my friend’. By this, he is addressing the ‘higher ups’ and the government who were the reason for the death of so many, while thy could prevent it. The word ‘zest’ represents engagement and
Owen then makes it clear to the reader, that he himself knows that what they are reading will shock them, that is why in the next quote he says that they could only imagine this in their dreams it also hints at Owen's disbelief that this too could be happening to him. “If in some smothering dreams you could pace, Behind the wagon we flung him in”. This suggests how meaninglessly and disrespectivly the bodies of the dead soldiers where treated. This extract shows an example of effective imagery and Owen uses a lot of imaginative language, all these techniques that Owen is using has an imaginative effect on the reader, as the reader subconsiously imagining what is taking place.Wilfred Owen knew very much about his fellow soldiers, including their age and experiences. And despite their difference in age, they shared their feeling with one another. That is why the poet uses sarcasm and sorrow in this next quotation.“My friend, you would not tell with such high zest, To children ardent for some desperate glory,”The poet is being ironic, when he uses the address: ‘my friend’. By this, he is addressing the ‘higher ups’ and the government who were the reason for the death of so many, while thy could prevent it. The word ‘zest’ represents engagement and