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In all of his poems Wilfred Owen uses powerful language to portray the extreme suffering which soldiers underwent. He also uses a variety of poetic techniques which helps communication with the reader and holds them in suspense.
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"Wilfred Owen cared passionately about the pain and pity of war and objected strongly to the attitudes of non-combatants who showed a wilful ignorance of the realities of war and indifference to the suffering of the soldiers" By careful examination of the language, imagery and poetic techniques show how effectively Owen communicates with 20th and 21st century readers. In all of his poems Wilfred Owen uses powerful language to portray the extreme suffering which soldiers underwent. He also uses a variety of poetic techniques which helps communication with the reader and holds them in suspense. Dulce et Decorum est is Owen's response to Jessie Pope's Who's For The Game and rejects the attitude in ode by Horace that it is sweet and proper to die for one's country. He describes soldiers as "beggars under sacks" and "coughing like hags". This is contrary to the image one would expect of soldiers and shows...
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