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Wilfred Owen uses many techniques in his poem
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PSL The poem "Dulce et Decorum est" is about the horrible things the soldiers had to see and the awful conditions that the soldiers had to fight through. Wilfred Owen uses many techniques in his poem "Dulce et Decorum est" to convey the horror and conditions of the war. These techniques will be explained and the purpose of each section will be will also be described. In the first section he uses similes, and specific word choice. This section is meant to show us the state of the soldiers. In the first sentence he uses the simile "bent double, like old beggars under sacks" which shows that the men have to a carry a large weight around with them and gives you a picture of them being hunched over from the weight also the word beggar makes you think the men haven't washed for a long time and are wearing rags and that...
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