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2. Written based on Wilfred Owen’s experience in World War 1 in 1917. Later published in 1920. Based on mustard gas attacks and its effects on people. The main idea of this poem is that war is nothing but a pile of dead soldiers and its not worthy of die for a country. It is Latin for “It is sweet and honorable” Full phrase is “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori,” or “It is sweet and proper to die for one’s country.” It’s ironic, which is meant to shock the audience, not comfort them. The Latin represents wealthy classes, which in turn reflects well- educated individuals supporting the war. The BackgroundTitle Meaning INFORMATION

3. Separated by two 14-line irregular sonnets. A French ballade structured in four irregular stanzas The first and second stanzas have 8 lines The third has 2 lines The fourth has 12 lines Lyric poem with loose iambic pentameter and irregular verse length Owen uses the first, second, and third persons. Uses first person singular Uses second person plural to show his experience in the war Only uses a second person singular to make us think about war Uses the third person singular in the first stanza, describing soldier tactics Has a mix of irony and horror in the tone. What kind of and Stanzas Communicative THE STRUCTURE

4. ….under sacks A ….through sludge B …our backs A …to trudge B …their boots C …all blind D …the hoots C …softly behind D …of fumbling A …in time B …and stumbling A …lime B …green light C …him drowning D …helpless sight C …chocking, drowning D First Part Second Part RHYME SCHEME Third Part …could pace A …him in B …his face A …of sin B …the blood C...corrupted lungs D …the cud E..innocent tongues A …high zest B...desperate glory C …decorum est B … patria mori C

5. “Knock-kneed, coughing like hags.” is a simile “Men marched asleep.” Only sleepwalkers walk in their sleep. Making something unusual normal is something common in war. “All went lame; all blind” in line 6 states: Everyone is in misery, it is universal, no one escapes. “helpless sight” in Line 15 refers to the author’s helplessness to himself, not being blind to his environment. The imagery made in line 18, “the white eyes writhing in his face” is chilling. The author makes it sound like the eyes are living, paling as it dies. In line 21-24, “…the blood come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs” is an imagery of a soldier’s death by mustard gas. “His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin” is an allusion to evil. The “Old Lie” is an allusion of its own, it’s a rebuke against the glories of war. IMAGERY, SYMBOLISM, AND WORLD PLAYS

6. The poem’s origin has set a deep trench on the idea of war, that it has to reimagine the battlefield, in its language, tone and pace. The hard “K” sound repetition is all around stanza 1. It’s supposed to sound like sharp attacks in the air, like bullets. Owen uses exclamations in “Gas! Gas! Quick boys!,” to make a sense of immediate danger and alert. The author also uses a conceit in the lines “and flound’ring like a man in fire or lime” and “As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.” The authors wants to make sure the alliteration in line 19 “watch the white eyes writhing,” makes us curious about the soldier’s dying face. “Like a devil’s sick of sin” is a simile to show our ways to kill people can even make the devil himself sick. IMAGERY, SYMBOLISM, AND WORD PLAY CONTINUED

7. The stanza is filled with nameless and faceless soldiers leaving the hellish battlefield. It begins to describe the battlefield, and the conditions they’re going to struggle in It removes their identity, make them a crowd of faces, not individuals. It shows sounds of gun shots and missiles hitting the ground. The first line is a simile, it compares marching men to beggars. It also starts off with an image of “doubled men,” the normal and innocent man and the crazed and traumatized husk. The First Stanza BENT DOUBLE, LIKE OLD BEGGARS UNDER SACKS….

8. Its about gas bombs falling from the sky, and gas spreading in the field, where soldiers are marching and fighting. They saw the gas fumes spreading throughout the battlefield. They hurriedly put their mask on, trying to avoid breathing the gas fumes. Unfortunately, one soldier didn’t put his mask in time, making him inhaling the fumes. He started coughing, choking, and couldn’t breathe, like he was under a green sea. The image of a man guttering, chocking, and drowning illustrates Owen’s experience, making him see it happening over and over again. Second Stanza GAS! GAS! QUICK BOYS! AN ECSTASY OF FUMBLING

9. The final stanza further expands on the illustration of dying men. With descriptions like “watch the white eyes writhing in his face,” shows how they die. It shifts to a more questionable tone, as if as the author is asking the readers to reflect. Owen asked the readers, if they saw a soldier dying from the gas attack, would they stop sending men to war. He approaches the famous words of Homer, “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori,” and declares it a lie. He wants us to tell our children about the “Old Lie.” Third and Fourth Stanza IF IN SOME SMOTHERING DREAMS, YOU TOO COULD PACE...

10. Wilfred Edward Salter Owen was born in Oswestry, in the Shropshire border, on March 18, 1893. He was a British poet and later a soldier. He enlisted in the Artists’ Rifle Officers’ Training Corps on October 21, 1915. He wrote poetry about the realistic horror of war, how inhumane the methods were and how vile the conditions are. He was massively influenced by his mentor, Siegfried Sassoon, a poet and soldier like him. Owen was the leading poet of World War 1, which he took influence from. He did not survive the war however, he died on November 4, 1918, in a “friendly-fire” incident while crossing the Sambre-Ose Canal. Only five of his poems were published before his death, they were: “Dulce et Decorum Est”, “Insensibility”, “Anthem for Doomed Youth”, “Futility”, and “Strange Meeting.” AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF WILFRED OWEN

11. It is an anti-war poem at heart. It reflects off the public’s thinking that war is about dying noble and heroic deaths. It shows the opposite, soldiers were shown dying in a graphic and descriptive way, showing the true nature of war. Owen describes it as a never-ending nightmare of death, not by a person, but by mustard gas. A world gone wrong, and these men have to face it. People will encourage you to throw your life for your country, but when you’re fighting, you’re just unknowingly sentenced yourself to death. It makes a fine line between civilians who blindly follow war, and the soldiers who have to fight it. Owen shows that only a soldier can understand how war really is. Unfortunately, these soldiers don’t stay alive long enough to tell the civilians who could end war. Only the ignorant men who talk about honor, glory, and duty for your country remain to tell the civilians how war is. According to Owen he is telling the truth, and soldiers are sacrificed for a “sweet and proper” death. THE MESSAGE

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