8 October 1917 - March, 1918
Wilfred Owen wrote this poem.
He was a poet in WW1 and was best known for his poem 'Dulce et Decorum Est'.
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The setting of "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen is the front lines of World War I, specifically during a gas attack. The poem depicts soldiers fighting in the trench warfare of the Western Front, highlighting the harsh and brutal conditions of war.
Wilfred Owen's poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" was intended for the general public, particularly those who supported World War I and held romanticized views of war. Owen sought to challenge the glorification of war and present a more realistic and harrowing portrayal of the conflict.
There are no sentences in the poem Dulce et Decorum Est. In poetry they are known as lines, and stanzas as opposed to sentences and paragraphs. It is a 3 stanza poem, with 28 lines in total.
By rhyming every other line in his poem, "Dulce et Decorum est.," Wilfred Owen seems to be accentuating the creeping horror of war. The rhythmic nature it lends to the poem also echoes the "trudge" of the men. Owen was known for his ability to honestly and gruesomely expose the reader to the hopelessness and loss he experienced in war.
He wanted his readership to see the reality and truth of war, to feel disgusted and horrified by its brutality and to think how completely pointless it is - in fact to show that the meaning of the poem's title is utterly to be despised and rejected.
"Dulce et Decorum Est" is a poem written by Wilfred Owen during World War I, criticizing the glorification of war. The speaker vividly describes a horrifying gas attack and the suffering of soldiers. The Latin phrase "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" means "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country," which Owen rejects as a lie.
The tone in Dulce et Decorum est is gloomy and dark. The poem deals with the ordeals of young men sent out to war to fight for their country. There is also a not of sarcasm; the title of the poem means: it is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's county.
"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" means "How sweet and noble it is to die for one's country". It was originally written by the Roman poet, Horace. It was subsequently, and possibly is better known as being, used in Wilfred Owen's poem "Dulce et decorum est" when he refers to the phrase as "the old lie". Adding "non" to the end of the Latin phrase would make it into "dog Latin" and it would read "how sweet and noble it is to die for one's country - not!".
It means that thesoldiers are so tired that they are inebriated by their exhaustion. They are not in control of what they are doing and are, in a sense, marching on autopilot. This idea is reinforced by the minor sentence "Men marched asleep".