that the two sets of poems convey is war, but it’s expressed in different point of views through the use of diction that builds tone. The tones of these poems play a big role in conveying the differences between the different eras that these poems are written in, and shows how societies have changed from the Victorian era till the time of World War I. The diction and tone in Borden and Owen’s poems is so much different than the diction and tone in Lovelace and Tennyson’s poems due to different perspectives
Many people use to romanticize the idea of leaving and dying in war for their country. In the poem, Dulce et Decorum Est, by Owen Wilfred, Wilfred stresses about how the war isn’t as romantic as portrayed by the public and the media and how truly awful the war really was. Wilfred Owen uses similes, metaphors, and imagery to demonstrate his gruesome tone of haunting hopelessness about what was supposed to be a romantic war. Owen Wilfred wanted the people sending their loved ones from home was far
famous World War I poem “Dulce et Decorum Est”, is the first words of a Latin saying which means, “It is sweet and proper”. The entire saying, which the poem ends, “Dulce et decorum est, pro patria mori”, meaning it is sweet and proper to die for one’s own country. This saying was the most commonly understood and also used widely in the promotion at the beginning of the war. It made war seem heroic and ethical. Owen is showing in this poem, by portraying the terror and brutality of the war, highly common
The Reality of War The reality of war is explored in films and texts like Saving Private Ryan, Home By Christmas, A 1943 letter from JFK and Dulce et Decorum Est. Each of these texts portray the realities of war whether it be the harshness of the battlefield, the mental war at home or the conditions soldiers/loved ones are put through during war. Saving Private Ryan is a film set in World War II (WWII), a man called, General Marshall is informed that a woman's three sons have been killed
Wilfred Owen’s poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” is a thought provoking poem that highlights the horrific experiences of soldiers in the trenches during World War I. Owen uses graphic, disturbing imagery and language to reveal the realities of war and also a powerful message: Dying for one’s country isn’t as sweet, honorable, or fitting as it is made out to be. In the opening lines of the poem, Owen describes the soldiers to be, “bent double, like old beggars under sacks” (661). This simile shows how
people think. In the poem "Dulce et Decorum Est," by Wilfred Owen intensely depicts through sensory images, word choice, and figurative language paint the flashback of the war and supports his theme it is not sweet or honorable to die for one's country. To begin with, the author uses various choices of words to show how it isn't sweet and honorable to die for one's country. Some of the words the author uses in the poem is ecstasy and fumble these two words represent the themes poem because ecstasy