"Dulce Et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen, a lyric poem upon understanding, focuses on the absolute horror experienced during World War I. Throughout the transition of this poem, Owen worked his way from control to confusion in order to convey his messages to the readers. ... However, instead of the poem being divided into four line quatrains, Owen establishes by connecting quatrains of similar patterns of abab together into the first two eight-lined stanzas. Owen also uses a common and modern diction in this poem. ... Owen supports the lie of dulce et decorum would have described these men in h...

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Wilfred Owen fought in the First World War. ... Then later in a military hospital he edited and collected these notes into the poetry of Wifred Owen. ... Owen's choice of language has a supernatural theme. ... These words remind me of a bad nightmare, but this must be what Owen wants the reader to see. ... Why Owen does this is to approach a poem from a different prospective. ...

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An interesting idea conveyed in a convincing way in the poem "Suicide In The Trenches" by Siegfield Sassoon, is the idea that war is bad. It is indicated in the line "the hell where youth and laughter go". When you hear the word "hell", you get negative connotations such as pain, suffering and evil...

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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. ...

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• Grade Level: High School