Dulce Et Decorum Est Poetry Analysis

“Wars don’t bring lasting peace, only lasting death “ (Janet Morris and Chris Morris). This quote meaning wars do not last forever but when death occurs it lasts forever. Serving in war affects a soldier for the rest of their lives. To cope with all they been through, many soldiers write stories and poems. Wilfred Owen fought in WW1 and during his time serving he wrote the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est”. In this poem he talks about his experience while fighting and how awful it was. Wilfred Owen was a british soldier who died one week before the war was over. Many writers use imagery, irony, and structure to protest war. First of all, writers protest war by using imagery. In the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est”, Owen uses imagery to protest war by saying that “Bent double, like old beggars, under sacks, knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge” (Owen). Owen uses this to explain how awful being at the front was and what it was like being in the front fighting. Using this choice of words shows what war does to a soldier and how it

In “War is Kind”, Crane repeatedly uses structure when he says “Do not Weep, War is Kind” (Crane). Clearly by Crane using this quotation repeatedly it shows how terrible war is and how it affects soldiers. This is important because is shows parallelism structure and by using this type of structure it shows how many things could go wrong while serving in war. Another example of how writers use structure to protest war is in “The Things They Carried”. Tim O’Brien uses Enumeration when he states “Among the necessities or near-necessities were P-38 can openers, pocket knives, heat tabs, wristwatches… C rations, and two or three canteens of water” (O’Brien). This shows all the things that soldiers thought were necessary to have while fighting. By using enumeration it shows how difficult the war is and it shows that even the smallest things are necessary for soldiers to