Compare and contrast All Quiet on the Western Front and Dulce et Decorum est

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Essay on “All Quiet on the Western Front” and “Dulce et Decorum est”

The poem “Dulce et decorum est” by Wilfred Owen has a lot In common with “All Quiet on the Western Front.” By Erich Remarque although Remarque never fought in the 1st World War.

        The Imagery in the prose is more detailed as it has more time to describe everything “The fields are flat.” Some people think that this is better and it gives it a bit more feeling. Were as in the poem, Owen uses lots of short hard hitting words such as “Obscene as cancer” The poem gives a much more immediate effect in a shorter space of time. The imagery in the poem is quick and dramatic.

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        The titles of the pieces are ironic “All Quiet on the Western Front” and “dulce et Decorum est” which means it is fitting and right. In the Poem everything is tired in the first stanza “Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines” This is a hyperbole as bombs don’t become tired. The whole of the war became a sluggish battle. It is also a slow pace to start with in the prose with men looking forward to getting back the huts for some rest.

“I wish I were back home. Home - he means the huts”

In the second Stanza the pace ...

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