dulce et decorum est Flashcards
who is the author of ‘Dulce et Decorum est’
Wilfred Owen
what does ‘dulce et decorum/ pro patria mori’
it is sweet and proper/ to die for one’s country
what mental hospital did Wilfred Owen go to?
Craig Lockhart in Scotland to help his shellshock
what is Wilfred Owens’ opinion on war?
it is cruel, degrading, and horrifying
what is the first line of ‘dulce et decorum est’
‘Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,’
what are the last two lines of ‘dulce et decorum est’?
’ The old Lie: Dulcce et decorum est/ Pro patria mori.’
when did wilfred owen die?
4th November, 1918 - a week before armistice (25 years old)
when did Wilfred Owen’s mum get the telegraph of his death?
while the church bells were ringing in celebration of the end of the war
what war is ‘dulce et decorum’ about
first world war
fill in the gaps: ‘He plunges at me, _____, _____, _____.’
guttering, choking, drowning
fill in the gaps: ‘Behind the wagon we ____ him in,/ and watched the ____ eyes ____ in his face,/ His ___ face, like a ____ sick of ____;’
flung, white, writhing, hanging, devil’s, sin
fill in the gaps: ‘My ____, you would not tell with such high ___/ To children ____ for some _____ _____,’
friend, zest, ardent, desperate glory
