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Poetry Appreciation Essay - 'Dulce et Decorum est' Dulce et Decorum est is a poem about the pain that soldiers go through in the war. The poet is talking about his journey across the battle field when he was in a war and is trying to put across the idea that war is a bad thing and isn't all glorious and honourable. The poem is in first person where the poet is part of the war; it is a mix of narrative, descriptive and personal beliefs. At the begging of the first verse, Owen sets the scene by describing how two injured soldiers are helping each other through the battle field. 'Bent double like old beggars under sacks.' They are weak and exhausted, comparable to old women. 'coughing like hags.' The poet describes the unreasonable expectations of the fighting men, how they lost their boots and had to limp bare-foot through...

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