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Dulce et Decorum Est” poem

Dulce et Decorum Est” poem

Short Poetry Essay

In need of a well-developed response essay, using MLA format, analyzing Wilfred Owen’s poem Dulce et Decorum Est” (poem attached). Do not use any outside sources other than the poem provided.

Be sure to use MLA documentation in the form of parenthetical citations and a works cited page (work from an anthology).

Paper Length: 3 to 4 pages (not including cover page)

Dulce et Decorum Est BY WILFRED OWEN
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock­kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs, And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots, But limped on, blood­shod. All went lame; all blind; Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots Of gas­shells dropping softly behind.
Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!—An ecstasy of fumbling Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time, But someone still was yelling out and stumbling And flound’ring like a man in fire or lime.— Dim through the misty panes and thick green light, As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In all my dreams before my helpless sight, He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.
If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace Behind the wagon that we flung him in, And watch the white eyes writhing in his face, His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin; If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth­corrupted lungs, Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,— My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.
NOTES: Latin phrase is from the Roman poet Horace: “It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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There are many poets in the English language but only a handful of them come close to the prowess William Owen portrayed in his art. Owen was born in Oswestry, Shropshire in 1893. As a World War I soldier, he wrote mainly on the traumatic personal experience during the war, and in just 15 months, he had already written himself a legacy that today resonates among the hearts of poetry lovers. His words are deep, describing the horrors he underwent in the period during the fight. He would finally be claimed…………………….

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