Dulce et Decorum Est Quotes + Context Flashcards
When did Wilfred Owen die?
In WW1, 4th NOV 1918
What made Dulce a reliable poem?
Owen having first hand experience
What was Dulce as poem trying to do?
Protest against the government and war supporters
What had happened to Owen before his death?
He’d been taken to hospital and treated for PTSD
What does Dulce et Decorum Est Pro patria mori mean?
Sweet and Proper to die for ones country
Who did Owen meet in hospital?
Siegfried Sassoon
What simile is used to show someone in distress in Dulce?
And flound’ring like a man in fire or lime
What quote shows the gas attacks as horrible in Dulce?
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning
What quote shows the physical affects of war in Dulce?
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks
What quote shows death as a gruesome image in Dulce?
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs
What does ‘Dulce et Decorum Est pro patria mori’ stand for in Dulce?
Sweet and Honourable to die for ones country
What quote shows how the men are miserable and in poor conditions in Dulce?
We cursed through the sludge
Give the triplet used to show a desperate soldier in Dulce?
guttering, choking, drowning
What quote shows no honour in death in Dulce?
flung him on
What quote may show how war as a whole is something horrible in Dulce?
obscene as cancer
What rhyme scheme is used in Ducle?
ABAB
