Dulce_Et_Decorum_Est

Dulce Et Decorum Est “Dulce Et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen, a lyric poem upon understanding, focuses on the absolute horror experienced during World War I. Throughout the transition of this poem, Owen worked his way from control to confusion in order to convey his messages to the readers. In terms of rhyme scheme, this poem has a definite pattern of abab, cdcd, efef, and so on. However, instead of the poem being divided into four line quatrains, Owen establishes by connecting quatrains of similar patterns of abab together into the first two eight-lined stanzas. Owen also uses a common and modern diction in this poem. Although, he is telling the story, it is rather informal; such as he uses words like "flound'ring" on line 12 and "fumbling" on line 9. In the first stanza, Owen opens up by giving phrases such as "like old beggars under sacks", "men marched asleep", and "drunk with fatigue", which strongly provides the readers with vivid pictures of soldiers pushing forward in slow and controlled pace despite of deplorable conditions they are in. Entering the second stanza, the rhythm seems to break out from that of the first stanza. The poet gives the readers a sense of extreme poem, stanza, owen, lines, soldiers, readers, gas, first, words, second, line, et, dulce, decorum, two, sense, rhythm, men, horror, fumbling, four, children, war, upon, under, transition, terms, suggesting, stanzas, something, signs, rather, quatrains, physical, patriotic, out