The Soldiers By Rupert Brooke Analysis

In “Dulce et decorum” owen speaks to “children ardent for some desperate glory” (Owen) as he warn to not follow the deception that his country and men have told him “the old lie: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” (Owen). Through this owen portrays that it isn’t sweet and fitting to die for one 's country and though owen believes this he still continues to fight on. This portrays courage because even though he’s afraid of dying he endures for the sake of his country. Throughout “Dulce et decorum” he shows the horrors and fears he had to experience during warfare for example “as under a green sea, i saw him drowning” (Owen) in which Owen shows an experience he had in World War I, where he witnessed a comrade die horribly in a poison gas

As a society we look at our soldiers as brave and strong people, who go and fight while living in awful situations, however that wasn’t always the perception of a soldier. During the First World War people thought that going off to war and dying at war were very romantic things. Mothers and girlfriends loves if their young boy signed up to go to war, some even wished that their son or boyfriend would go fight. During this time the war was such a great thing to everyone at home that many poets would write sonnets and poems encouraging the young men to go off to war. These poets however had no idea what the reality of the war was. In the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen, by using figurative language, vivid imagery, and a certain diction, he describes the horrific despair that went along with war.

“Noah and the Flood”, “Deucalion and Pyrrha”, and “Tower of Babel” all go through the apocalypse archetype. First, the world and the people in it become extremely corrupt. Second, some powerful force causes the apocalypse and ends the world. Lastly, there is a new world created that will supposedly be a better one. In the modern world shows like The Walking Dead follow apocalypse archetype. The Walking Dead is about Walkers (Zombies) walking around the world and a group of survivers trying to survive. The Walking Dead follows the second step of the apocalypse archetype, that a powerful force destroys the world because it is the world destroyed and people trying to survive in it. The stories “Dulce Et Decorum Est”, “The Sniper”, and “Tower of Babel” all follow the first step of the apocalypse archetype,

During his time as a lieutenant in World War 1 (WWI), Wilfred Owen wrote many poems revolving around the reality of war, usually focusing on the perspective of the war that many did not discuss due to a sense of nationalism. Specifically, Owen elaborates upon the bravery of these young men, the conditions they endured, and the pieces of their souls that remain. In his poems “Dulce et Decorum Est,” “Mental Cases,” and “Smile, Smile, Smile,” Wilfred Owen characterizes World War I soldiers as courageous, yet damaged, heroes in order to reveal the gruesome reality of war.

During this session our stimulus was the poem by Wilfred Owen “Dulce et Decorum Est,” this showed us a version of conflict which is externalised: war. Our group took on the middle two stanzas of the poem and explored them:

There is a reason many say “war is never the answer.” In the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen, Owen metaphorically speaks about the horrors and brutality of war no one truly understands. His overall purpose is to tell his audience that war is completely unnecessary, and no one should have to risk their life to fight for their country. His use of diction, imagery, and figurative language captures a powerful image of the life effects war has on individuals.

There is no question that war is an ugly thing, and there is also no question that of all the conflicts in recent history, the first world war was one of the most horrific. However, as horrific as all war is, around the time of World War I a prevailing theme in both European and American culture was that it was honorable and beautiful to fight for one's country and often die. This culture of glorifying war can be seen in writing from poets like Jessie Pope, who wrote patriotic verses trying to motivate men to sacrifice themselves for their nation. Conversely, in the poem Dulce et Decorum Est, essentially a direct response to both this misplaced romanticism for war and to Jessie Pope's work itself, writer and ex-soldier Wilfred Owen shares

To create an attitude of disapproval towards dying for one’s country, Owen used elevated diction. He begins the poem by portraying a picture of exhausted soldiers. He uses descriptive phrases such as “blood-shod” and “drunk with fatigue”. This elevated diction draws in the reader’s attention and causes them to feel sympathy for the soldiers who are risking

World War I lasted from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918, a time when young men were pressured into going to war. Many fifteen to eighteen year old boys were encouraged to go and sacrifice their lives as if it was an enchanting task. In the poem, Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen, portrays to readers that war is not an easy and beautiful thing to partake in. Owen conveys the harsh reality of war through his strong diction, figurative language, and imagery.

In the crucial times of World War I there were two extremely diverse views on the war; one being that it was a beautiful and romantic sacrifice and the other that it was a horrible and inhumane duty. No one really understood the true and harsh reality of war unless they witnessed the brutality first hand. In Wilfred Owen 's poem, "Dulce et Decorum Est", he conveys the dark side of the war. Through the intense diction, imagery, and figurative language that Owen incorporates he portrays the evil truth behind the war and derives a hopeless and dreary tone.

During World War One, many people thought that it was a great and beautiful thing to die for your country. Wilfred Owen, a soldier during the war, had other thoughts about the subject. He wrote the poem “Dulce et Decorum est” and shared his feelings about how it truly is to die in war. Owen writes down his thoughts through the use of diction, imagery, and figurative language.

From the time we are very young, impressionable to the world around us, to the time we mature, able to formulate and uphold our own beliefs, we are told to respect our elders, and subliminally value their word over our own. However, this blind following leads to ignorance and naivety among youth. In his poem “Dulce et Decorum Est”, Wilfred Owen conveys the grotesque reality of war, portraying a man choking to death due to mustard gas on a World War I battlefield. His conviction and striking details allow the once upheld statement, “Dulce et Decorum est pro patria mori” or “It is sweet and honorable to die for one’s country”, to be proven false.

Wilfred Owen’s poem ‘Dulce et Decorum est’ structure hints to the uncertainty of war. In the first eight lined stanza, Owen describes the soldiers from a third person point of view. The second stanza is shorter and consists of six lines. This stanza is more personal and is written from a first person 's point of view. This stanza reflects the pace of the soldiers as everything is fast and uncoordinated because of the gas, anxiety and the clumsiness of the soldiers. The last stanza consists of 12 lines. This is a funeral march and therefore a slower moving stanza which is achieved by the many commas used. The poem is written in chronological

The poems “ Dulce et Decorum Est” By Wilfred Owen and “Who’s for the Game” By Jessie Pope, were both written during World War I but both poems transmit a different opinion on the war. In Wilfred’s poem, the poem is named after the Roman poet Horace, meaning “It is sweet and proper to die for one’s country” Wilfred goes again this meaning when talking about the war in his poem. Wilfred thinks of war as dreadful the worst thing ever, almost like as if it 's not worth dying for your country since you’re losing so much. In Jessie Pope’s poems, she describes war as being great and wanting the soldiers that are involved in the war not to be cowards and sacrifice themselves for their country. These two poems convey two different messages, and different mood and tones. The poems have different ways people viewed World War I, you could fight for your country and think nothing bad will happen or accept the fact that you will go back home barely alive or not even be going back home at all.

In conclusion, “Dulce et Decorum est" is undoubtedly a standout amongst the most memorable and anthologized anti-war poems of Wilfred Owen. Its energetic imagery and burning tone make it a remarkable abrasion of the World War I and it has discovered its way into both literature and history courses as a paragon of textual representation of the horrors of the combat zone. Concerning invocation and request the message of reality, Owens straightforwardly hits the romantic illusion of war and attacks the warmongers. As his contends, war itself is just a vain