country are looked upon for their meritorious conduct. However, others have been touched by the terror written in pieces of literature, wishing people to understand the horror and tragedy that befell those involved. Poet Wilfred Owen composer of"Dulce et Decorum est” presents to the reader a vivid elegy, aiming to prove that war is not heroic nor decorous. As an English soldier he had to endure the hardships, but wishes that through
Wilfred Owen wrote about the suffering and pity of war from his firsthand experience at the Somme. The overwhelming and senseless waste of life appalled him. In both ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ and ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ he writes with intense focus on war as an extraordinary human experience. The poems also document other experiences. As an early twentieth century poet, Owen is careful in his attention to structure, rhyme and meter to convey meaning, and in his use of figurative language, especially