"Dulce Et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen

Theme: Affliction and a soldiers experience of state of warfare.

Dulce ET Decorum Est is a war rime, so there is not a particular auditory modality that the poet is addressing. All that Wilfred is trying to convey is how abysmal the conditions were during the war ( kickoff humankind War). This is reflected through the poets use of vivid imagery and literal devices. The dis dwelling house of this poem is on a very cold morning, during the First World War. At the time poem is taking place the soldiers were fighting in trenches. The poet makes us aware of how cold and onerous the conditions were inside the trenches by using the simile, Coughing like hags

The poem starts by telling you that the soldiers had a long and difficult passing play back to their camp. The state in which these soldiers were in during the march is in like manner wholly brought to light in the first stanza. We get to experience that they were very exhausted and worn out of energy. The poet makes this known to us by using the hyperbole Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots exclusively limped on ... blood-shod. All went lame; all blind; inebriate with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots. This shows us the scary diorama of war.

The image of them marching slowly, bloody and drunk, evokes similar feelings of tiredness in the reader. These feelings are suddenly interrupted by, Gas! Gas! Quick boys! in the second stanza. Here, the poet suddenly brings live an event of a bungle attack. There is a sudden outcry for all the soldiers to plight cover from the poisonous gas which is very likely could hold in been used as a weapon. This was a hard time, as they now had to run about in all directions, to betroth cover, yet...

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