soldier crawling on hands and knees through a trench under a cloud of poisonous gas with dead soldiers in the foreground and background

Dulce et Decorum Est

by Wilfred Owen

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Dulce et Decorum Est

The end of the first stanza depicts soldiers as exhausted and on autopilot, whereas the beginning of the second stanza shows a sudden change in pace as they realise that their life is in danger.

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Dulce et Decorum Est

The title "Dulce et Decorum Est" is repeated in the last line to highlight the stark contrast between the romanticized notion of war and its grim reality. Wilfred Owen uses this repetition to...

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