Dulce et Decorum est

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English

 

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Dorthy R

 

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May 8, 2011

 

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University

 

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"Dulce et Decorum est", by Wilfred Owen, is one such elegy that presents to the reader a vivid, horrifying description of World War 1, aiming to illustrate that war is not patriotic and heroic, not "good and fitting", but a senseless and devastating event. In this poem, techniques such as imagery, alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia and contrast are used to express Owen's angry and bitter view towards what happened to the soldiers in the war...
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Ghastly pictures of the war occur throughout the poem. In the first stanza, we are presented with the lowly images of the soldiers: "Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge," The soldiers do not appear strong and steadfast but they are "bent double", moving very close to the ground "like beggars under sacks"...
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