Wilfred Owen's 'Dulce Et Decorum Est'

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Another comparison is a poem written by Wilfred Owen called, “Dulce Et Decorum Est”. This poem was written in 1920, which was after World War I so, it is based again on battle and war. The interpretation of the speaker’s emotions is grief and sadness yet, some disgust and hostility. The poem is about a man in battle that witnessed the tragic effects of war as he watched a fellow soldier die in combat, helpless and unable to do anything about it. Wilfred Owen writes, “As under a green sea, I saw him drowning. In all my dreams before my helpless sight, He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.” (Owen, 1920, pg. 446). This might suggest that the man is struck with grief because there was an unnecessary loss of life and there was nothing