Two poems, 'Dulce et decorum est' and 'The Sentry' both by the poet Wilfred Owen.

... War Poetry I have studied two poems, 'Dulce et decorum est' and 'The Sentry' both by the poet Wilfred Owen. The first one I will study is 'Dulce et Decorum est'. The first thing Owen does is to give us a vivid description of what is happening, he tells us that he and his men are marching away from the trenches, and the way Owen describes his men gives us a clear picture of what they have been through. "Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, knock-kneed, coughing like hags" They had been in the trenches, terrible places, with bullets and shells flying constantly overhead, explosions all around, the constant fear of death. These men were leaving the hell of the front, they were going to rest. But they still have a long way to go before they are safe, they are still within the range of artillery. Despite of

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