"Dulce Et Decorum Est" V.I.P.S.

Question 1

Who is the poet of this poem?

Answer 1

Wilfred Owen

Question 2

Discuss the vocabulary in this poem

Answer 2

⇒Challenging
⇒War time jargon
⇒Latin

Question 3

Discuss the issues of the poem

Answer 3

⇒War
⇒Death
⇒Violence
⇒Trauma
⇒Propaganda
⇒Naivety

Question 4

Discuss the punctuation in stanza 1 of the poem

Answer 4

⇒Hyphens
⇒Heavily punctuated - reflecting slow march

Question 5

Discuss the punctuation in stanza 2 of the poem

Answer 5

⇒Capitalisation + Exclamation marks = drama
⇒Ellipsis (…) - reinforces the nightmarish atmosphere
⇒Heavy punctuation- forcing us to dwell on the imgary

Question 6

Discuss the punctuation in stanza 3 of the poem

Answer 6

⇒Heavy punctuation- dash (pause)
⇒Italics- draws attention to the latin

Question 7

Discuss the structure of this poem

Answer 7

⇒Stanzas separate the story- all centred around the gas poisoning
⇒”sludge” stand alone word- impact

Question 8

”—- double, like old ——- under —–, ———–, coughing like
—-, we —— through —–”
Discuss the imagery in this

Answer 8

“Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge”

⇒Alliteration
⇒2 similes
⇒onomatopoeia
⇒cacophony

Question 9

“Dim, ——- misty —– and —– —– light, as —– a green —, I
— him ——–.”
Discuss the imagery in this

Answer 9

“Dim, through misty panes and thick green light, as under a green sea, I saw him drowning.”

⇒Dramatic image
⇒Vision blurred in the mask
⇒Metaphorical
⇒Colour imagery
⇒Repetition

Question 10

“If — could —-, at —– —-, the —- come ——– from the ————– lungs”
Discuss the imagery in this

Answer 10

“If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs”

⇒Assonance
⇒Cacophony
⇒Onomatopoeia

Question 11

“My ——, you —– not —- with such —- —- to ——– —— for some ——— glory, the — — : Dulce et ——- est — —— mori”
Discuss the imagery in this

Answer 11

“My friend, you would not tell with such high zest to children ardent for some desperate glory, the old lie: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori”

⇒Persuasive
⇒Addresses the reader
⇒”children” adds empathy
⇒Oxymoron- “desperate glory”
⇒Latin- very formal tone
⇒”lie” contrasting message with awful truth