reality. Wilfred Owen’s verse undermines the pervasion of ugliness and the abhorrent physical and emotional consequences of war, stimulating us to witness the dehumanisation of soldiers in conflict. Thus, revealing war’s harsh reality and simultaneously allowing the responder to learn the human experiences of war. Owen’s bitterness in the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est”, graphically unfolds the shocking experience of soldiers during a gas attack to highlight the recurring theme of the horrors of war. “Futility”
«Dulce et decorum est», Wilfred Owen (1917, 1920) «Dulce et decorum est» is a poem written by British poet Wilfred Owen, during World War one, in 1917. The translation of the Latin title is: «It is sweet and proper». The completed sentence is as follows: «It is sweet and proper to die for one's country». This forms, what the writer refers to as, «The old Lie». The poem holds a strong criticism towards the conventional view of war at that written time. I shall now comment briefly on that time's