The Similarities and Differences of Dulce et Decorum Est...

The Similarities and Differences of Dulce et Decorum Est and Disables The two poems I have chosen are Dulce et Decorum Est and Disabled. I felt that of the poems that I was given to choose from these two told a tragic and effective story of what war was really like. I have chosen Dulce Et Decorum Est because it describes the struggle of a group of people who have to struggle through the most extraordinary events day in day out. I have chosen Disabled because it shows the struggle of one man who everyday contemplates his wasted life. All he has are the memories but they seem to become more distant as the days go on. Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patri Moria translated in to English means It Is†¦show more content†¦Owen is trying too saying that the soldiers are as though they dont know entirely what they are doing. They are just being led along like zombies. These men are but mere shadows of the bright vibrant people that started on this epic journey. The pace of the poem quickens in the 2nd stanza. The soldiers are awoken by a gas attack. This effectively shatters the mood that Owen has told of us in the opening stanza. The soldiers are now awoken by the fact that their lives are in extreme danger and they now have to be fully aware of all their surroundings. Owen says, Dim through the misty panes and thick green light, as under a green sea, I saw him drowning The green light Owen talks of is the sight through their gas masks. Owen uses a simile saying that the man is drowning in a green sea. The reality of this is that the man is drowning in a sea of his own toxic blood. Owen tells us how this memory has stayed with him. The sickening sight of a man lunging at him. Owen seems to have a great fear of the gas attacks when he talks of them. Owen talks of all of the nightmares he has had because of the war and this event in particular Owen says In all my dreams before my helpless sight He describes how the man was taken away and the narrator Owen walked behind and saw his face. Owen is still haunted by the