The poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" is about a soldier in war and some of the things he experienced. Wilfred Owen was a British soldier and he wrote the poem to let people back in Britain know that war is not as glorious as everyone thinks it is. He does this very effectively using descriptive imagery. The way he writes using tone and word choice effectively makes the reader understand that war is not glorious. In reality it is barbaric. This poem uses elements of literature to help the reader imagine just how gruesome war really is.
The main theme of the poem is the ignorance most people have toward war. Owen probably wrote the poem thinking, " if you only knew." At the end of the poem he wrote: My friend you would not tell with such high zest
to children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori. (25-28)
"Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori" is Latin for "it is sweet and fitting to die for ones country" (699). He was saying......
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