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The differences and similarities between Wilfred Owens 'Dulce ET Decorum EST' and Julian Grenfells 'Into Battle'.
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The differences and similarities between Wilfred Owens 'Dulce ET Decorum EST' and Julian Grenfells 'Into Battle' In the first paragraph Owen seems to suggest that war transform everything it touches. In the opening verse he describes soldiers returning from the frontline as being, 'like old beggars under sack and coughing like hags'. So, it seems to appear that these normally young fit men are becoming old and haggard before their time. Owen goes on to explain about their movements, 'they marched asleep' and 'trudged', so war has made them into seemingly cripples. Having said that, Julian Grenfell provides us with an entirely different approach to war. Grenfell seems to see war as something very similar to nature, 'Not only will 'fighting men take warmth from the sun, but they will also experience newer birth like the trees", so Grenfells suggests that when you fight you are re-born and you take your...
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