Dulce et decorum est Flashcards

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Author - Dulce et Decorum Est

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Wilfred OWen

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Context - Dulce et Decorum Est

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Had spent most of his 20s in war so had much experience of it
- decorated soldier
- the latin phrase in the poem was displayed to inspire trainee soldiers into greater patriotism

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Attitude - Dulce et Decorum Est

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Critical of war

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Why was it written - Dulce et Decorum Est

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The dissuade new men from joining up to the war and to educate everyone at home about it

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Structure/form - Dulce et Decorum Est

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Blank verse poem

irregular form & punctuation

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rhyme scheme - Dulce et Decorum Est

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ABABCDCD rhyming couplets

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when was it written - Dulce et Decorum Est

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1917 when he was sent home after being wounded

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Rhythm - Dulce et Decorum Est

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slow - fast - slow pacing

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War - Dulce et Decorum Est

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WW1

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3 quotes

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  • bent double like old beggars under sacks, knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through the sludge
  • dim, through the misty panes and thick green light, as under a green sea i saw him drowning
  • the old Lie: dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
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