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Examples Of Diction In Dulce Et Decorum Est

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“Dulce et Decorum Est” As a society we look at our soldiers as brave and strong people, who go and fight while living in awful situations, however that wasn’t always the perception of a soldier. During the First World War people thought that going off to war and dying at war were very romantic things. Mothers and girlfriends loves if their young boy signed up to go to war, some even wished that their son or boyfriend would go fight. During this time the war was such a great thing to everyone at home that many poets would write sonnets and poems encouraging the young men to go off to war. These poets however had no idea what the reality of the war was. In the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen, by using figurative language, vivid imagery, and a certain diction, he describes the horrific despair that went along with war. …show more content…

Owen was a poet who had been to, and had experienced its horrors first hand, and wanted the world to have a realistic view also. The use of words like “gargling”, “trudged”, and “vile” (Owen 4, 22, 24) describes many of the things that go along with the war. Choosing to use diction like this came from the desire of wanting the war not to be romanticized any longer. There is nothing good about being vile, or about gargling anything. He wanted his readers to get the picture that the war was gross and nasty and just bad all around, and with this word diction eh got the message

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The poem ends with a powerful message that contradicts the common belief that dying for one's country is honourable. " Dulce et decorum Est pro patria mori" translates to "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country" in Latin, a famous saying at the time. However, Owen's final message is that this belief is a lie, and that war only brings misery and suffering. Likewise, Redgum's song "I Was Only Nineteen" also explores the theme of war and its impact on soldiers.

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The Moral of the Story War is never poetic, however, Wilfred Owen England, author of Dulce Et Decorum Est, brings to life an experience he had at war. Although the language is gory and he refrained from niceties, the story he tells is vivid and makes you feel that you are there at the moment experiencing it with him. Makes one wonder why the title, which in translation means “It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country”, is chosen when he experienced so much death around him. On the other hand, author Tim O’Brien begins to tell the story as though it is coming from a second party and gives it philosophical twist here and there, which creates an interesting telltale version of stories in How to Tell a True War Story.

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Honor the Light Brigade, Noble six hundred!” (l. 53-55). Tennyson seems to be praising the soldiers and applauding them for fighting even though they knew they might perish. He focuses on the glory that comes with service to one’s country, while Owen focuses on quite the opposite. He concludes “Dulce Et Decorum Est” by writing, “The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro Patria mori” which translates to “It is sweet and proper to die for one’s country” (l. 27-28).

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