dulce et decorum est*^

Question 1

who wrote dulce et decorum est

Answer 1

wilfred owen

Question 2

what does the structure of the poem tell us about owen’s opinion

Answer 2

unequal and vary length - broken and twisted
highlights anti-war opinion

Question 3

c: what were these experiences

Answer 3

first hand in WW1 for owen

Question 4

c: what does the title mean

Answer 4

it is sweet and fitting to die for ones country - irony

Question 5

c: what does he describe in the poem

Answer 5

a gas attack

Question 6

C: Which famous poet did Owen meet /learn from in hospital

Answer 6

• Sigfried Sassoon

Question 7

C: Name of Hospital Owen stayed at during war

Answer 7

Craiglockhart

Question 8

C: What condition did Owen suffer causing him to leave frontlines

Answer 8

Shell shock

Question 9

‘bent double, like…’

Answer 9

old beggars under sacks

Question 10

‘men…’

Answer 10

marched asleep

Question 11

‘Gas!Gas!…’

Answer 11

quick, boys!
an ecstasy of fumbling

Question 12

‘the blood come…’

Answer 12

gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs

Question 13

‘The old…

Answer 13

lie, Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori’

Question 14

‘Floundering like…

Answer 14

a man on fire’

Question 15

‘He plunges at me….

Answer 15

guttering, choking, drowning’