POETRY ANALYSIS: Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen and My Lai by David Campbell

... War poetry has been around for centuries. Since homer the Iliad to today's modern poetry. And in its time it has changed, it adapted to what society liked at the time. Or did it? This seminar ""changing times, changing ideologies" is here to prove that once somebody challenged the war ideology at the time it not only shocked readers, but allowed them to change their view on what war is about. I have put together two pieces of poetry today, both at different times. The first one is Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen, Dulce Et Decorum Est is said to be the turning point in war poetry as it was the first poem to challenge the war ideology of the time. The second poem is My Lai by David Campbell. My Lai tells the story of the infamous Vietnam massacre by US soldiers Wilfred Owen was a soldier poet

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