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1)<Tab/>Provide a detailed analysis of Wilfred Owen's Dulce Et Decorum Est , showing how the poet employs poetic devices to convey tone and attitude towards war.
Date Submitted: 03/12/2003 22:51:31
The poem 'Dulce et Decorum Est' is about the suffering soldiers endure in the war, from fatigue to dying horribly after being gassed. It also places an emphasis on the fact that war is glorified to draw youths into the war hoping for glory. The speaker has an angry tone towards the false belief that war is a way of getting glory and showing heroism. His attitude is very anti war as he very strongly
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and MRTs that glorify the Singapore Armed Forces, and the emphasis is that fighting for your country is heroic and good. It also adds a "cool" factor into the Army by showing off the high tech weapons Singapore possess. But war is never good, the truth should be told, people should fight in a war for the country and not fight in a war for glory. There is no glory to be earned from war.
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