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Dulce et Decorum Est

by Wilfred Owen

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Dulce et Decorum Est

Wilfred Owen's poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" employs irony to critique the notion that dying for one's country is noble. The title, derived from a Latin phrase meaning "it is sweet and proper to die...

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Dulce et Decorum Est

"Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen targets poets like Jessie Pope, who promoted war as noble. Owen, a soldier who experienced World War I's horrors, uses a speaker embittered by witnessing a...

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