8/13/2019 1.Dulce Et Decorum Est-wilfred Owen

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DULCE ET DECORUM EST

Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,

Till on the haunting flares(2) we turned our backsAnd towards our distant rest(3) began to trudge.Men arched aslee!. Man" had lost their bootsBut li!ed on, blood-shod. All went lae# all blind#$runk with fatigue# deaf e%en to the hoots(&)'f tired, outstri!!ed() i%e-*ines(+) that dro!!ed behind.as() as /uick, bo"s 0 An ecstas" of fubling,itting the clus" helets(1) ust in tie#But soeone still was "elling out and stubling,And floundring like a an in fire or lie(4) . . .$i, through the ist" !anes(56) and thick green light,As under a green sea, 7 saw hi drowning.7n all " dreas, before " hel!less sight,8e !lunges at e, guttering,(55) choking, drowning.

7f in soe sothering dreas "ou too could !aceBehind the wagon that we flung hi in,And watch the white e"es writhing in his face,8is hanging face, like a de%ils sick of sin#7f "ou could hear, at e%er" olt, the blood9oe gargling fro the froth-corru!ted lungs,'bscene as cancer, bitter as the cud(52)'f %ile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,M" friend, "ou would not tell with such high :est(53)

To children ardent(5&) for soe des!erate glor",The old ;ie# $ulce et $ecoru est

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@TC9TC?This !oe is structured in three stan:as. The first stan:a consists of 1 lines, the second of 1and the third one which is the ost i!ortant !art of the !oe has 52 lines.7t begins with a descri!tion of the landsca!e where the" are going to fight and he is alsodescribing in what conditions were the soldiers going to struggle.Then, in the second stan:a, as gas shells begin to fall, the soldiers fight to !ut their asks on.

But, in the rush, one al clusil" dro!s his ask, and the !oet sees the an D"elling out andstublingE (line 55). The iage of the an Dguttering, chocking, drowningE !ereates 'wenFsthoughts and dreas, forcing hi to reeber the nightare again and again.7n the final stan:a, 'wen wtites that if readers could see the bod" of those soldiers d"ing,the" would cease to send "oung en to war. *o longer would the" tell their children the DoldlieE, so long ago told b" the oan !oet 8oraceG D$ulce et decoru est !ro !atria ori, thatis, Dsweet and honorable it is, to die for the fatherlandE.

The 21-line !oe, written loosel" in iabic !entaeter, is told fro the !erson of =ilfred'wen.

ro " !oint of %iew, 7 consider that the hole !oe reflects %er" well the cruel realit" that awar contains. 8e uses a lot of words related with the death seantic field such as DdrownE,

DchokE, DsotherE, D"ellE etc.7n the first stan:a, 7 think heFs !ointing us and describing the !lace where the soldiers werestanding and what the" were doing. The" are tired and walking with dificult" when the hootstarted ringing (so the" had to be read" for the fight). 7n the second stan:a, he tells us thatthere ha%e been thrown !olluted ga: which affects the lungs( 7 su!!ose this because later, inthe !oe, he e!lains to us which !arts does this ga: affects, that is the reason wh" we can!resu!!ose that is affects the lungs). And there is one soldier who hasnFt been able to fit hishelet (because of this he canFt be !rotected), so he saw hi drowning and chocking. 8e alsotells us that he still dreas of that.And finall", in the last stan:a, we can see the ost i!ortant !art of the !oe. 8ere, hee!resses that itFs not so good to die for "our nati%e countr". 8e also consider that if soeonecould see what he had seen (!eo!le d"ing !ainfull", gargling, drowning etc), "ou wouldnFt sa"with such great !assion that it is wonderful to die for "our nati%e countr".?%entuall", 7 consider that this !oe !erfectl" reflects the bad !oints that war has and that it

has a %er" strong tone (7 ean that things are described draaticall", as it ha!!ens in wars).