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In the poem, 'Dulce Et Decorum Est' by Wilfred Owen, the happenings of the World War One era are reflected through the poet's use of vivid imagery and poetic techniques.
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In the poem, 'Dulce Et Decorum Est' by Wilfred Owen, the happenings of the World War One era are reflected through the poet's use of vivid imagery and poetic techniques. The poem addresses the falsehood that war is glorious, that it is noble, it describes the true horror and waste that is war, with the aim of changing the way in which society thinks about conflict. The poem epitomises the futility and pointlessness of war. Not only is war a shocking waste of life, but it is ultimately barbarous and pointless act as World War I so horrendously demonstrated to the world. The graphic horror of war is presented through a series of images which are designed to demolish the notion of war being a patriotic and meaningful adventure. The one particularly vivid image that got to me was that of the lone soldier who doesn't fasten his mask fast enough...
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