For my poetry essay, I have chosen Dulce et Decorum Est because it is based on reality. It is about World War I and the constant nightmares that a former soldier lived during that time. He is re-living those awful days by the constant nightmares and memories that will never fade. Imagine having to g...
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen was born on 18 March 1893 in Oswestry, Shropshire and began to write poetry from a very young age. ... After going to Bordeaux in 1913 to teach English, Owen returned to England and joined the army, as he really wanted to fight for his country. ... Owen wrote this as he wanted to provoke compassion at its deepest levels for what was going on every day in the war areas. Owen was greatly concerned about the patriotism of people who knew nothing of the horrors of fighting. ... This memory clearly tormented Owen as a nightmare. ...
