The Similarities and Differences of Dulce et Decorum Est and Disables
The two poems I have chosen are Dulce et Decorum Est and Disabled. I
felt that of the poems that I was given to choose from these two told
a tragic and effective story of what war was really like.
I have chosen Dulce Et Decorum Est because it describes the struggle
of a group of people who have to struggle through the most
extraordinary events day in day out. I have chosen Disabled because it
shows the struggle of one man who everyday contemplates his wasted
life. All he has are the memories but they seem to become more distant
as the days go on.
Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patri Moria translated in to English means It
Is Sweet And Honourable To Die For Ones Country. If someone is reading
the poem for the first time and learns of the English meaning of the
title before reading the poem they may feel it is a poem that
represents the army in a good way. How this assumption is further from
the truth.
After reading the poem a number of times I have come to a conclusion
that Owen named the poem this because of the strong statement that he
makes in the poem. In a way I get the feeling that Owen was mocking
the saying but I don't think he was mocking the army as a whole just
that single principal.
All the things that they are carrying weigh down the soldiers, perhaps
they are even weighed down by the expectation of their country.
Owen says
" Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs"
The soldiers are fed up. They are so tired that even when the flares
go off behind them they don't have the energy or even feel like
turning around to see them.
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...d can't get used to the fact of
being unpopular.
I find Dolce ET Decorum to be the more powerful of the two poems. My
reasons are as follows, although Disabled is a very good, very
powerful poem in it's own right it only describes the view of one
person in the army. I think that what makes Dolce Et so powerful is
that Owen speaks for the masses in the army when he talks of the daily
horrifying sights and regular attempts by the Germans to gas them.
Reading these poems can enlighten a person. Many people say that they
live stressful lives and are under extreme pressure. If you think of
what these young men must have gone through it can put a lot of things
in to perspective. Day in day out these men had to have the weight of
a nation on their shoulders this is before they have to dodge land
mines and gas attacks.
These poems have quite a few similarities, as well as their differences. Mariam Waddington’s, “Thou Didst Say Me,” displays love being overly joyous but also heart-breaking and despondent. On the other hand Alfred Tennyson’s, “Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal,” depicts a sugary love story all calm and beautiful. Both offered their end of the bargain: conflicting sentiments toward love relations to the table and ultimately delivering a unique testimony about the subject of, love. And as always love may have its golden tragedies but one always has a hold of their own feelings of love.
It is important that we examine their poems so we can know what they experienced. It is helpful to others because they may have experienced the same situation. They may have also wanted to speak.
signify changes in Owen's understanding of warfare and human interactions. As he states in a
...r believes that no one will understand anyway. He is also able to make the point that unless you have experienced war first hand like the speaker did, one will never understand and one has no right to convince innocent men to go to war or to promote it. Owen describes war so vividly that no one would wish it on even their worst enemy. Through heavy use of irony in the lines “It is sweet and right to die for one's country.” (Poem and Notes) he is also able to make dying for one’s country in war not seem quite as honorable as the promoters of the war made it out to be.
During the first scenes of the movie the drill instructor made it clear that he is the man in charge and that they are less than human. He used dehumanizing and humiliating adjectives like “ladies, bags of crap, etc.,” to make men feel worthless and incapable to do anything. Clearly he showed no sympathy for them because he was in inferior position. The drill instructor was not concerned about trainees well being, all he had to do in eight weeks was to prepare them for battle. There were no expressions of respect for these young men because the drill instructor new his commands are the law and they must be obeyed. Thus, he had little to no regard of how they perceive him as long as they followed orders.
In poems, ¨My Papa's Waltz” and , ¨Dulce Et Decorum Est¨ poets Theodore Roethke and Wilfred Owen use a powerful element in poetry called juxtaposition, where both negative and positive tones are being used to contradict each other. Through their use of this technique, readers can find hidden meanings to these contentious poems.
the sonnet from the very start. I also can relate to Owen's poem and I
tense to make the reader feel as if they are actually there. It is in
This poem is not written in a chronological order; it jumps between past and present. By moving between past and present, it creates a juxtaposition of before and after the war. This makes the reader sympathize with the soldier through the drastic contrast in terms of appearance, mental state and treatment. Owen uses this one disabled soldier to symbolize the entire nation—they were young, glorious and courageous but were not welcomed back after they fought in fatal battles. They struggled to adjust their lifestyles because it changes completely and the contrast between before and after tortured them and this suffering follows them for the rest of their life.
When considering the structure of the poems, they are similar in that they are both written loosely in iambic pentameter. Also, they both have a notable structured rhyme scheme.
Therefore, although both poems are written on similar topics, the poems are quite different, mainly only agreeing on the fact that war is wrong.
As seen in both poems, ‘Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori’ and ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ Owen brings the audience into the his world, making them feel and think like him, knowing what he has experienced and what he dreads, and therefore successfully involves the reader into the world of poetry.
Wilfred Owen’s poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” makes the reader acutely aware of the impact of war. The speaker’s experiences with war are vivid and terrible. Through the themes of the poem, his language choices, and contrasting the pleasant title preceding the disturbing content of the poem, he brings attention to his views on war while during the midst of one himself. Owen uses symbolism in form and language to illustrate the horrors the speaker and his comrades go through; and the way he describes the soldiers, as though they are distorted and damaged, parallels how the speaker’s mind is violated and haunted by war.
Dulce et Decorum Est Wilfred Owen Owen's poem Dulce et Decorum Est is a passionate expression of outrage at the horrors of war and of pity for the young soldiers sacrificed in it. From the title of this poem people back home would have expected an understanding poem, helping to overcome their grief at the loss of a loved one, instead what they got was a poem expressing outrage at the lies surrounding the ‘Great’ War. The quote by Horace translates as ‘It is sweet and right to die for ones’ country’, but the poem is about proving to people at home that this isn’t a sweet and honourable way to die (if there is any).
of the war on him, and also because of the way he directs the poem at