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Dulce et Decorum Est
Title: Dulce et Decorum Est
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 382 | Pages: 1.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Dulce et Decorum Est
The purpose of the poem, ¡°Dulce et Decorum Est¡±, is to try to explain to the public that war is not at all glorious. Owen finishes this poem by saying to not tell children who want glory that to die for your country is not as sweet as it may seem. The death of the soldier in this poem is neither sweet nor becoming. He brings out this purpose by using imagery throughout his poem.
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…showed last 75 words of 382 total…tongues.¡± These lines produce the grotesque image of the dead soldier. He ends with the line ¡°Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.¡± rightfully. If death for your country is supposed to be sweet, then this death should have been sweet. The purpose was to show that death isn¡¯t sweet and with the poet¡¯s usage of auditory, kinesthetic, and visual imagery, it is shown that the soldier¡¯s death is anything but sweet.
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