How do Owen and Sassoon attempt to re-educate people about war?

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How do Owen and Sassoon attempt to re-educate people about war?

For this term we have studied the works of two poets namely Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. Wilfred Owen was born on 18th March 1893; he enlisted with the army during World War 1 in September 1915. He was injured in March 1917 and sent home, he was declared fit for duty and sent back in August 1918, but sadly on 4th November 1918 (just a week before the Armistice) he was caught in a German machine gun attack and was killed.
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In his 25 years he wrote about the trials and tribulations of war, in his poem 'Dulce Decorum Est' he tells of how the soldiers are like "knock-kneed, coughing hags" hags being ugly old women. This gives an image of the soldiers in the trenches ducking beneath fire with the distant sound of guns ringing in their ears. Dulce Decorum Est is a Latin motto which means 'It is lovely and honorable to die for your country' from this Owen gives a good idea of what the poem is about from the title. It is sarcastic in a ...

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