Dulce et Decorum est by Wilfred Owen: Experiences

In his time he also calm some struggle poetry. His incredible works also Inspired others to drop a line war poetry e. g. Siegfried Sassoon. However the most famous song that Owen is celebrated for is Dulce et Decorum Est Dulce et decorum Est Is a poem written by Wilfred Owen describing his experiences of WWI.The poem is titled Dulce et decorum est meaning it is sweetish and cope withting to die for nonpareils country though the poem talks about something very opposite thus vexing the every(prenominal)ege manpowert and making it a sarcastic com ment focused on those who ncourage conflict and proclaim It as being glorious. Dulce et Decorum Est reveals the truth shadow conflict the grief and suffering It trys. The author with the use of graphic mental characterry and diction tries to convey the horrors of conflict and war. It also shows the futility of conflict and in a quite explicit manner the true reality of endingThe ideas the poet wants us to consider be the horrors of war and Its sheer and utter futility. Owen also wants us to think about the propaganda that is put forward by the government and how it differs from the require reality of conflict. The poet is trying to say if you do get done the war you must experience mental torture and live with guilt in all your life long We k now this when Owen writes In all my dreams. before my lost sight he plunges at me guttering, choking, drowning. Owen is telling us that he is obsessed by the men that died in the splash attack and he cant servicing them no matter how much he wants to.This poem has a unhopeful and gloomy atmosphere to it Just like the earth which has an ozone layer around it. In this war poem the mood is very grim and touching too. There is an effective use of simile like a devils vile of sin because it compargons the situation to the devil. The devil Is known to be first cause of sin however even If he Is sick of it because it must be very catastrophic There is also a vast use of sibilance. This is effective because when said it depart put emphasis on sick to explain how awful of a level the conflict had escalated to.There is a deathly air of resig tribe around which makes the indorser lament the death of the s overagediers. Owens choice of diction is used to create great effect. When he uses a simile in the irst line like old beggars under sacks. Soldiers argon supposed to be fit men and a comparison with old beggars indicates that they have been brought down to such a level that they be now equal of hunched, tired, unfed, homeless and old people. Even their uniforms have lost their military crispness, as Owen describes them as sacks. This picture is a definite contrast to the idealized marching formations of OF3 mood.Owen again shows the tiredness of the soldiers in the last line of that stanza when he say Of gas shells dropping softly behind which is very secern from ow gas shells actually drop. They make a loud hissing dissension and can be heard from far. Thus Owen shows that the soldiers senses had dulled. Only a completely exhausted soldier with no strength could be in this state of mind to not have heard the gas shells. Another quite an unusual choice of diction is coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge. The simile coughing like hags suggests the men were unhealthy.The fact that Owen compares them to hags who are old ugly women suggests that the war has made youthful and healthy into superb for nothing women ho have a permanent coughing fit due to old age and illness. But limped on, linage- shod. All went lame all blind gives the feeling that these men have become de valet de chambreized and are reduced to an animal-like state. Thus arousing the question as to how could this is glorious. A side piece of music is highlighted in the first stanza as to how do young and robust men with bright futures reduced to old ragged men benefit the nationThe graphic and vivid imagery used by Owen in the poem, gives the reader a feeling of horror and makes them question as to how humans could do such atrocities. In lines 9-14 there is a change of pace. First the repeating of the monosyllabic word/ onomatopoeia gas which echoes the sound of gun fire and then the oxymoron, ecstasy of fumbling, seems a odd choice of diction, but later(prenominal) turns out to be perfect, as Owen uses it to describe the controlled panic instantly wake up with keen awareness- of youthful men with Just seconds to find a gas mask. Owen uses a metaphor when he says As under a kB sea I saw him drowning.This is an extended metaphor which is used to a great extent because it enhances the readers nderstanding of the feeling of being trapped by detrimental gas. This man dies sternly after he inhales the gas, ironically showing how disoriented and powerless a human is against a man made weapon. In the next stanza Owen uses a metaphor guttering, choking, drowning. This is a very gruesome image for life flickering out. These graphic images are very disturbing but play a very effective role in the horizon of readers to think that conflict is very futile and horrific.Owen uses one of the most descriptive, gruesome and horrifying imagery in the last stanza. When he ses phrases like gabardine eyes writhing in his face,, at every Jolt the blood, come gargling from the froth corrupted lungs/ obscene as cancer savage as cud. Phrases like these can scare the hardest of men. The graphic images displayed are profoundly affecting and can never be forgotten. Owens use of sensitive imagery can sway many readers into be pillowving that wars are the castigate things that can happen and how dreadful a death a human could face.Owen ties the poem when he says in the last two lines the Old lie Dulce et Decorum est pro patria mort. When Owen has inished his sentence, we understand that there is nothing sweet and adapted to die for ones country. Owen thus creates a Juxtapose, leaving the reader with the feeling of detestation and repulsion. And also shows that conflict can lead to such horrendous and tragic consequences. poem, making war seem absolutely horrid and revolting, which is Just what Owen cherished to do. Reading this poem left me gasping and shocked. The fact that Owen talks about the illnesses the men endure, within the simile coughing like hags.This helps me to see that the men were in horrendous conditions. The poem shows the harshness of war and absolutely condemns the saying that it is sweet and fitting to fight for ones country. Owens graphic vivid imagery and diction completely ousts all positive words and feelings towards conflict. The fact that I know that Owen was killed one week before the completion of WWI makes it all the poignant as hygienic as the fact that many people are currently indulged in conflict, as we speak, around the world. It makes me ponder on the fact that war will always be glorified and unfortunately, there will always be conflict