Dulce Et Decorum Est-Wilfred Owen Flashcards
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots.”
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots.”
His hanging face
His hanging face
.. for some desperate glory
.. for some desperate glory
Fitting the clumsy helmets..
Fitting the clumsy helmets..
.. flound’ring like a man in fire or lime
.. flound’ring like a man in fire or lime
If in some smothering dream you too could pace…
If in some smothering dream you too could pace…
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face
Coughing like hags
Coughing like hags
“Guttering, choking,drowning”
“Guttering, choking,drowning”
‘The old lie’ ‘Dulce er Decorum est Pro Patria Mori”
‘The old lie’ ‘Dulce er Decorum est Pro Patria Mori”
‘My friend’
Addresses reader
Like old beggars
Like old beggars
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning
Like a devil’s sick of sin
Like a devil’s sick of sin
Obscene as cancer bitter as the cud of vile incurable sores
Obscene as cancer bitter as the cud of vile incurable sores
