"Dulce et decorum est" is a poem written by the poet Wilfred Owen during the First World War.

DULCE ET DECORUM EST - A poem by Wilfred Owen "Dulce et decorum est" is a poem written by the poet Wilfred Owen during the First World War. It was written to portray the reality of war. In it he describes the horrors he witnessed as a soldier from the front line of battle. The aim of the poem was to tell people that Jessie Pope, a poet who was encouraging young men to go to war because it was glorious, was wrong. The poem starts with soldiers marching away from the battlefield. They have just been in battle and are heading back to their rest areas: "bent double" Owen describes the way in which the soldiers are walking. They are bent double with exhaustion and fatigue. They walk in a crooked stance. They are unable to walk properly; it is too much effort so they walk leaning over almost collapsing but not quite. The way that the soldiers look is portrayed in the poem: "like old beggars under sacks" The soldiers have been in a bloody battle, they are dirty and shabby. Owen describes them as like beggars because they remind him of homeless people with rags for clothes, uncomfortable and undesirable. Their clothes look like sacks, battered and torn. The men are "knock-kneed". The men are probably shaking with terror and lack of sleep and nutrition. This means that their knees are likely to be shaking therefore giving the impression that their knees are knocking. Owen

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"Dulce et Decorum Est", by William Owen and, "Conquerors", by Henry Treece: the theme of the pity of war.Are the poems effective through their poetry or through their powerful message?

Choose two poems which portray the theme of the pity of war. Are the poems effective through their poetry or through their powerful message? "Dulce et Decorum Est", by William Owen and, "Conquerors", by Henry Treece are both examples of poems revealing the horrific and doleful aspects of war. Each poet writes with a different style but both try to convey the reality and consequences of war through their poems. In "Dulce et Decorum Est", Owen graphically illustrates the truth about war. Creating very descriptive imagery and using various poetic devises, he manages to convey that war isn't as glorious as some people may think. This message is spread throughout the poem; however it is strongest at the end. The first stanza describes the shell-shocked and exhausted soldiers trudging through the sticky mud. Owen's use of words such as "bent double", "old beggars", "knock-kneed", "coughing like hags", and "sludge", help to provide the reader with an image of the state the soldiers are in. The carefully chosen compound word, "blood-shod' conjures a very visual and bitter image in the readers mind showing them the awful conditions the men had to put up with. Soft consonants are used to describe the gas, almost giving the phrase an onomatopoeic touch. "Of gas-shells dropping softly behind." The poem is carefully constructed with a regular rhyming pattern of 'ABABCDCD'. Written in

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"Dulce et Decorum Est," by Wilfred Owen, "Exposure," by Wilfred Owen, "Perhaps," by Vera Brittain - Explain what the writers of these poems thought about the war and how their poems show a change in the way that war was depicted.

English - course work. "Dulce et Decorum Est," by Wilfred Owen "Exposure," by Wilfred Owen "Perhaps," by Vera Brittain Explain what the writers of these poems thought about the war and how their poems show a change in the way that war was depicted. Wilfred Owen and Vera Brittain where poets of the First World War. The three poems "Dulce et Decorum Est", "Exposure" and "Perhaps" are very different from each other, discussing the horror of war and the loss through their experiences. They wanted the people of England to know what war was really like. All of the poets use an attack approach at people like Jesse Pope who wrote to promote war. The first poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" describes to those in England what the war was like. Owen uses good word play in the title "Dulce et Decorum Est", which is Latin meaning "It is a sweet and seemly (glorious) thing", and at the end he repeats the title but adding at the end of it, "Pro patria mori", which means "to die for your country". In this poem Owen describes how it is not a 'Sweet and seemly (glorious) thing to die for your country." Owen does this by starting the poem describing how the men of war come of the battlefield thinking about their rest to come. He uses lots of similes to get this affect of comparing the men to other things. 'Like old beggars under sacks' and 'coughing like hags.' He says that they are

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"Dulcet et Decorum Est," is probably the most famous anti-war poem by Wilfred Owen.

"Dulcet et Decorum Est," is probably the most famous anti-war poem by Wilfred Owen. It has a harsh meaning and persuasive argument. The anti-war theme and serious tone are effective at portraying war as horrid and devastating. I felt overpowered by blood, guts and death. Although my reaction hasn't changed much through numerous readings, my emotional feelings become more intense with each reading. This poem makes me feel as if I am right there watching the soldier who cannot fasten his mask fast enough and suffers the full effects of deadly gas. 'but someone still is yelling out and stumbling'. This poem also makes me look beyond the death and question the pain inflicted on the mothers who kissed their sons goodbye as they went to defend their country. I imagine the mother receiving word her son has died and being told how noble and patriotic his death was. In his last moments, the soldier and his family become victims of "The old lie". I can clearly understand what the author is saying. Words like "guttering", "choking", and "drowning" jumped out at me and made my body shake. Other words like "writhing" and "froth-corrupted" made me understand just how tragic war is. Not only do these words show how this man is suffering, but also they show precisely the level of pain and torment this man must have endured. The fact that the gassed man was "flung" into the wagon convinced me

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dulce et decorum est and

Pre-post 1914 poetry course work (Dulce et Decorum Est and The Last of the Light Brigade) One of the poems I studied was a poem called Dulce Et Decorum Est. The poem was written in 8th of October to March 1918 by Wilfred Owen. This poem is about a company of men in World War 2 who are trudging on and seem to be tired and old. They then get attacked by gas and one of the men can't get his mask on in time. The poet explains how it is not 'sweet and right to die for your country' because of the horrors of war. The other poem is called The Last of the Light Brigade. This poem was written in 1891 by Kipling. This poem is about how after the Crimean War the soldiers of the light brigade were forgotten so they went to a writer and asked him to write about what they are now like. Also about how poor they are and how their past glories amount to nothing. The main points of comparison in this poem are that they are very similar in the anti-war message they are giving but not similar in the way they are presenting it, for example the structure, language and other points which I will explain later. The main message of Dulce et Decorum Est is that because of all the terror, horror and death of war it is not "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" (it is sweet and right to die for your country). In the poem he says this right after, in horror, he sees a man die from a gas attack and

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We have been studying many poems written by various poets during the 1914-18 war. In this analysis I will explain how the poets express their differing views on the war.

Poem analysis We have been studying many poems written by various poets during the 1914-18 war. In this analysis I will explain how the poets express their differing views on the war. Whether it is for or against war, I will explain how their opinions are brought to the reader in their poems. I shall start with how poets express their opinions "for" the war. Jessie Pope was a pro-war poet living in England. Her poem "Who's for the Game," describes the war as a 'game' that everyone should play. She writes it in a simple way and highlights the cowardice of all those who, "Wants a seat in the stand" She also expresses the vulnerability of the country and making it sound feminine. "Your countries up to her neck in a fight" "She's looking and calling for you" Any man reading this would feel that he had a duty to go out and protect his country. "Peace" by Robert Brooke is also pro-war but his feelings are expressed in a much more complex, descriptive way. He says that war has, 'Wakened us from sleeping" He thinks it will be an adventure, the highlight of his life. He then says to conclude his poem, "But only agony and that has ending," And the worst friend and enemy is but Death." This convinces himself and the readers that he has nothing to fear apart from that of Death, which can also be a friend. Moving on to the other side of the argument, Arthur Graeme West not

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Explore the portrayal of war in the poetry of William Shakespeare and Wilfred Owen

Explore the portrayal of war in the poetry of William Shakespeare and Wilfred Owen. 'Dulce et Decorum est', or it 'It is sweet and right' is a post traumatic experience of war written to not only shock but haunt a readers conscience or perception of war, the old lie, 'Dulce et Decorum est'. 'Before Agincourt' by William Shakespeare is a poem so far away from Owen's 'Dulce et Decorum est' in meaning, context and time that the two portrayals of war are hard to compare. To make the comparison successful it is important to establish that Wilfred Owen is responding to direct experience and Shakespeare is merely guessing at words possibly spoken by King Henry V before the 'Battle of Agincourt'. The Battle of Agincourt, 1415 was led by King Henry V. The aim being to seize the French throne. Henry's army succeeded, an amazing 19,000 men down. Shakespeare's poem reflects this victory through the continuous use of blank verse and never changing optimistic approach. The initial reading of the poem is motionless; it appears that men are simply talking (possibly because the Middle English used is somewhat irrelevant to me now) however subsequent reading reveals that the poem is in fact extremely spiritual. King Henry V believes that honour is actually worth dying for, he 'is not covetous for gold' 'such outward things dwell not in my desire'. The descriptions depicted by

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Use source G, and your own knowledge, to explain why some men opposed the employment of women in industry during the first world war

4. Use source G, and your own knowledge, to explain why some men opposed the employment of women in industry during the first world war Source G is a personal account written by a woman worker, which demonstrates the prejudice that women were shown in the workplace during the First World War. It describes scenes of extreme resentment from the woman's male colleagues- "Over and over again the foreman gave me the wrong or incomplete directions" which meant the job took so much longer to do without any extra pay; she didn't have the necessary tools and "it was out of the question to borrow anything off the other men". In this source the men ignored her, refused to speak to her and on one occasion her "drawer was nailed up by the men, and oil was poured over everything in it through a crack". Significantly, this source implies that women received the same pay as men which created much tension as the women had little training in industry and were perceived to have far less ability for this type of work. The men believed they were physically stronger and that women didn't have the necessary skills to cope- although women proved them wrong! Men began to feel threatened by the mass employment of women in industry during the First World War, as until then women were employed mainly in the domestic service. It was completely new to men that women could do the same jobs and be on the

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"Poets in all ages have written about the destructive, Horrifying nature of war."

"Poets in all ages have written about the destructive, Horrifying nature of war." In this essay I will examine and explain two anti war poems and explain how each of them has made me feel about war. The two poems I have chosen to analyse are "The Drum" by John Scott of Amwell and "Dulce at Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen. I have chosen two poems that are against war as I hold the view that war is wrong and immoral and they express my views on the inhumane subject that is war. "I hate that drum's discordant sound." This is the first line of "The Drum" by John Scott. It is an extremely powerful statement and it lets the reader know how the writer feels from the very first line. Throughout Scott's poem he uses first person narrative, which allows the reader to connect with his views about war on a personal level. The first two lines in each verse unite them: "I hate that drum's discordant sound, parading round, and round, and round." Scott's poem is very dark as it is filled with hatred, death and destruction. These are amply mentioned in the second stanza, which talks of "burning towns" and "dying groans." Scott uses these, as imagery to portray his disgust and revolt. In my opinion this is excellent. It does not "sugar coat" war as being patriotic, but rather as a blood-curdling manifestation of total destruction, which is my own personal view of war. The first stanza

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Representative Gases & Properties of Gases - State the five assumptions of the Kinetic-Molecular Theory of gases.

Representative Gases & Properties of Gases . State the five assumptions of the Kinetic-Molecular Theory of gases. a) Gases consist of large numbers of tiny particles. These particles, usually molecules or atoms, typically occupy a volume about 1000 times larger than occupied by the same number of particles in the liquid or solid state. Thus molecules of gases are much further apart than those of liquids or solids. Most of the volume occupied by a gas is empty space. This accounts for the lower density of gases compared to liquids and solids, and the fact that gases are easily compressible. b) The particles of a gas are in constant motion, moving rapidly in straight lines in all directions, and thus passes kinetic energy. The kinetic energy of particles overcomes the attractive forces between them except near the temperature at which the gas condenses and becomes a liquid. Gas particles travel in random directions at high speeds. c) The collisions between particles of a gas and between particles and container walls are elastic collisions. An elastic collision is one in which there is no net loss of kinetic energy. Kinetic energy is transferred between two particles during collisions, but the total kinetic energy of the two particles remains the same, at constant temperature and volume. d) There are no forces of attraction or repulsion between the particles of a gas. You

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