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Christopher Martin Dulce Et Decorum Est After having read Owen's poem, it shows us that his attitude to war is completely juxtaposed to Tennyson's views on war, as Owen has experienced war, where as Tennyson had not. The title of the poem 'Dulce Et Decorum Est' means 'it is sweet and fitting'. The use of Latin in this title suggests that Owen is being ironic, as Latin is a dead language, just as war should have been at this time. Also, the Latin propounded that there was a lot of death in this horrendous war, and that it should cease. In this poem, Owen conveys the true image of war, unlike all the propaganda pieces of work from Alfred Tennyson and many other poets who had never experienced the war to know what it was like. All of Owen's information came directly from the front line, where as, Tennyson's information was passed from the...

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