The shells were disappointed because they did not have the chance to kill the soldiers, who were described as "half asleep" and "drunk with fatigue." This highlights the brutal reality of war where the soldiers faced continuous danger and suffering.
The main emotion in the fourth stanza is the sadness of a man slowly dying.
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.
This stanza is an example of consonance, where the repetition of the "s" sound in "sea-shells," "smiled," and "spoke" creates a subtle musical quality in the writing.
The last stanza is intended to address supporters of war or the reader in general. Owen's explains that people probably wouldn't push so much for war if they had actually witnessed the horrible images of war such as the men dying as "blood comes gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, Obscene as cancer..." (lines 21-22). If people really knew the abominations of war then they wouldn't tell others "How sweet and fitting it is to die for one's country," the translation of "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" (lines 27-28).
No. A tercet is a three-line stanza. A sestet is a six-line stanza.
A Burns stanza is a variety of stanza used in Standard Habble verse.
1.Couplet a two line stanza 2.Triplet (Tercet) a three line stanza 3.Quitrain a four line stanza 4.Quintet a five line stanza 5.Setstet (Sextet) a six line stanza 6.Septet a seven line stanza 7.Octave an eight line stanza
"Stanza" is a noun.
Paragraph Quatrain
The plural of stanza is stanzas. As in "stanzas are found in poems".
1st stanza: ABCB2nd stanza: ABCB3rd stanza: ABAB4th stanza: ABAB
what does a third stanza mean pls tell me