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Dulce Et Decorum Est By Wilfred Owen

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“Dulce et Decorum Est” brings realisation to the public that war may not be what it seems to be, but instead, it’s the the allusion that the government gives to the country. Wilfred Owen shows this in his title “Dulce et Decorum Est”. This title means that it is ‘sweet and honourable to die for one’s country’. This poem shows how war is everything but sweet and honourable it is about the death and horror brought into people’s lives. Simply, war leads to death. The description of the soldier drowning in the blood of his froth corrupted lungs certainly backs this up. Owen shows the unknown fact that men are sacrificing their lives for their country in a horrific and brutal way. Owen is hiding it in another language, just as the government was
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