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Dulce Et Decorum Est
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The irony in the poem Dulce it Decorum Est is that it is not sweet and fitting to die for
one’s country when you have actually experienced war. Owen is describing how psychologically
and physically exhausting W.W.I was for the soldiers that had to endure such a cruel ordeal and
not .... Middle of Paper .... the cruel reality that the war was for the
soldiers. I believe Owen’s use of these images are aimed at discouraging the mere thought of
war.
In the second stanza Owen is describing a gas attack on the soldiers as they are trudging
back to camp. Owen describes the soldiers fumbling to get their mask fastened, all but one, a
lone soldier. He is struggling to get his mask on but doesn’t get it fastened quick enough and
suffers from the full effects of deadly gas:
Gas! Gas! Quick boys!-An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets jus ....
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