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"Dulce Et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen "Dulce Et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen, is a poem used to involve the reader into a powerful impression of the First World War. Owen does this effectively using descriptive language, word choice and imagery. Owen describes his experience when his group of exhausted young soldiers return from a battle to be surprised by a gas attack. Using these techniques, Owen portrays - in a negative light - his feelings of the war and subjects the reader to a gruesome awakening of this era, exposing his title as an ironic lie. In the opening lines of the poem, Owen sets the scene as the soldiers return from the exhausting battlefield. Using similes, he reveals the men as run-down: "Bent double, like old beggars under sacks," (Line 1) Owen portrays the soldiers as unhealthy animals as he dehumanises them by referring to them...

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