Dulce Et Decorum Est.
Wilfred Owen, who was a soldier in the First World War, wrote this poem. He therefore gives a quite emotional account of what it was like to be there, as he has had first- hand experience. The title of the poem means 'it is sweet and fitting to die for your country.' Just before this is stated at the end of the poem, Wilfred Owen chooses to write' The Old Lie.' This tells us he does not believe this statement to be true. Calling the poem by this name is very ironic, as the poem is filled with Wilfred Owens accounts of what he experienced and what is the truth about the war, and so Wilfred Owen is saying how can all of this suffering be sweet and proper?
Wilfred Owen, who was a soldier in the First World War, wrote this poem. He therefore gives a quite emotional account of what it was like to be there, as he has had first- hand experience. The title of the poem means 'it is sweet and fitting to die for your country.' Just before this is stated at the end of the poem, Wilfred Owen chooses to write' The Old Lie.' This tells us he does not believe this statement to be true. Calling the poem by this name is very ironic, as the poem is filled with Wilfred Owens accounts of what he experienced and what is the truth about the war, and so Wilfred Owen is saying how can all of this suffering be sweet and proper?
