Dulche Et Decorum Est
Example Assignment Starters - 1
Wilfred Owen used several poetic devices to make his poem, Dulce et
Decorum Est, an accurate, albeit haunting, portrayal of war. Owen was a
soldier who fought on the front lines during World War I. Owen used
writing to help him cope with the horrors he witnessed, as he suffered
from shell shock and nightmares in a military hospital. Imagery,
alliteration, and personification are used effectively in Dulce et Decorum
Est to illustrate to the reader that it is neither sweet nor honorable to
die for one’s country.
Imagery is the poetic device used most effectively in Owen’s
poem, as the reader can picture the horrific scenes of war that are
described. In the first stanza, the reader gets a picture of what the
soldiers must have looked like returning from the front lines. They are
not standing tall and proud to be fighting, as would have seen on the
propaganda posters √ to recruit new soldiers, but rather slumped over
(‘bent double’), exhausted (‘drunk with fatigue’), and injured (‘lame’).
Dulche Et Decorum Est
Example Assignment Starters -1
Wilfred Owen used several poetic devices to make his poem, Dulce et
Decorum Est, an accurate, albeit haunting, portrayal of war. Owen was a
soldier who fought on the front lines during World War I. Owen used
writing to help him cope with the horrors he witnessed, as he suffered
from shell shock and nightmares in a military hospital. [Scene setting]
Imagery, alliteration, and personification are used effectively in Dulce et
Decorum Est to illustrate to the reader that it is neither sweet nor
honorable to die for one’s country. [Introduction/Thesis statement]
Imagery is the poetic device used most effectively in Owen’s
poem, as the reader can picture the horrific scenes of war that are
described. In the first stanza, the reader gets a picture of what the
soldiers must have looked like returning from the front lines. They are
not standing tall and proud to be fighting, as would have seen on the
propaganda posters √ to recruit new soldiers, but rather slumped over
(‘bent double’), exhausted (‘drunk with fatigue’), and injured (‘lame’).
[The start of a Stanza by stanza answer.]
Dulche Et Decorum Est
Example Assignment Starters - 2
The poem “Dulce Et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen uses poetic
devices to convey the message about the horror and reality of the First
World War, which was glorified as mentioned in the Latin phrase “Dulce
et decorum est pro patria mori” which may be translated as “it is sweet
and honorable to die for your country.” However, Owen called this
glorification an “old lie” because he experienced nothing that was sweet
and it could not be right to die a horrific death because of war.
He used several devices in the poem to describe the condition of the
soldiers. For example, “bent double” is an example of imagery that is
used to show the feeling of exhaustion felt by the soldiers who were
carrying heavy packs. Also, the phrase “drunk with fatigue” is a
metaphor to compare the very tired soldiers, who were sleepless in the
trenches with a drunk person.
Dulche Et Decorum Est
Example Assignment Starters - 2
The poem “Dulce Et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen uses poetic
devices to convey the message about the horror and reality of the First
World War, which was glorified as mentioned in the Latin phrase “Dulce
et decorum est pro patria mori” which may be translated as “it is sweet
and honorable to die for your country.” [Scene setting.] However, Owen
called this glorification an “old lie” because he experienced nothing that
was sweet and it could not be right to die a horrific death because of
war. [Introduction/Thesis statement]
He used several devices in the poem to describe the condition of the
soldiers. For example, “bent double” is an example of imagery that is
used to show the feeling of exhaustion felt by the soldiers who were
carrying heavy packs. Also, the phrase “drunk with fatigue” is a
metaphor to compare the very tired soldiers, who were sleepless in the
trenches with a drunk person. [Two poetic devices identified with
quotes to support them.]
Dulche Et Decorum Est
Example Assignment Starters - 3
In the poem Dulche Et Decorum Est, Wilfred Owen used many poetic
devices that make the poem “come to life” with haunting and terrifying
vivid images that make you, the reader, feel like you’re with the soldiers
in the war.
The main and key feature of the poem is imagery. Imagery is used in
almost every line of the poem. Wilfred Owen perfectly executed the use
of imagery in this poem with action-packed images; it makes you feel
like you’re watching a war movie. The poem starts with “bent double
like old beggars” which helps describe to us the state that these soldiers
are in right from the beginning of the poem. The soldiers are ‘bent
double’ because of the weight of their heavy equipment and because
they are exhausted coming back from the front line trenches. Instead of
the smart “Tommy’s’” that left England to fight the war, the mud from
fighting and living in trenches had reduced the smart looking soldiers to
look like tired and old beggars.
Dulche Et Decorum Est
Example Assignment Starters - 3
In the poem Dulche Et Decorum Est, Wilfred Owen used many poetic
devices that make the poem “come to life” with haunting and terrifying
vivid images that make you, the reader, feel like you’re with the soldiers
in the war. [Introduction/Thesis statement]
The main and key feature of the poem is imagery. Imagery is used in
almost every line of the poem. Wilfred Owen perfectly executed the use
of imagery in this poem with action-packed images; it makes you feel
like you’re watching a war movie. The poem starts with “bent double
like old beggars” which helps describe to us the state that these soldiers
are in right from the beginning of the poem. The soldiers are ‘bent
double’ because of the weight of their heavy equipment and because
they are exhausted coming back from the front line trenches. Instead of
the smart “Tommy’s’” that left England to fight the war, the mud from
fighting and living in trenches had reduced the smart looking soldiers to
look like tired and old beggars. [The start of a Stanza by stanza answer.]