dulce et decorum est

Question 1

author

Answer 1

wilfred owen

Question 2

context

Answer 2

• world war 1
• criticising pro-war propaganda and how it made war seem patriotic and honourable
• he fought at war and was admitted to hospital with shell-shock

Question 3

structure

Question 4

paragraph 1

Answer 4

• soldiers helpless, lack of hope, exhausted, mindless, senses dulled
• ‘bent double, like old beggars under sacks’ - exhausted, gasping for support, contrasts wartime propaganda, slow paced line and slow paced progress of the soldiers
• ‘men marched asleep’ - senses dulled from impact of war, mindless, as if they’re prisoners

Question 5

paragraph 2

Answer 5

• horrors of war, realistic depiction of warfare, suffering
• ‘in all my dreams’ - shift to present tense, everlasting effect, ptsd, turning point, dreams are ‘smothering’ him
• ‘guttering, choking, drowning’ - tricolon, fast paced, desperation in his actions, final suffering
• ‘froth-corrupted lungs’ ‘obscene as cancer’
• ‘to children ardent for some desperate glory’