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In times of war one of the casualties is truth.
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In times of war one of the casualties is truth. The word war to many people conjures up images of death and destruction and this is shown in the two poems, 'Dulce et decorum est' and 'Disabled'. Wilfred Owen, who was a solider and experienced war first hand, wrote both of the poems, he did this from personal experience. In Both poems a negative view is portrayed, by describing the pain, suffering and the general consequences of war. The message he is trying to put across by writing these poems is that war is bloody, a waste of life and may leave you in a horrific state. The aim of the poet is to warn people of what war is all about: mainly death. On the other hand, war can also be shown as being honourable, heroic and patriotic, we know this from the poems 'The Volunteer' and 'In Flanders Fields'. ...
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