Dulce et Decorum est
Cards (70)
- When was "Dulce et Decorum Est" drafted by Wilfred Owen?
- Where was Wilfred Owen sent for treatment?
- What condition was Owen being treated for?
- To whom did Owen send a draft of the poem?
- When did Owen write that the poem was not final?
- When was "Dulce et Decorum Est" published posthumously?
- Who edited the collection in which Owen's poem was published?
- What event does the poem describe?
- When did the German army first use chlorine gas?
- What does chlorine gas smell like?
- What does phosgene gas smell like?
- What does phosgene gas cause in the lungs?
- How did gases affect soldiers during attacks?
- What was the weather like on the day of the attack?
- What did Owen and his men have to march through?
- What happened to some soldiers' protective footwear?
- How did the soldiers feel while marching?
- What did the soldiers experience during the gas attack?
- What haunted Owen in his dreams?
- What did Owen feel towards those who encouraged enlistment?
- Who was Jessie Pope?
- What type of poetry did Jessie Pope write?
- What was Pope's most famous verse about?
- Why might Owen have removed his dedication to Pope?
- How does Owen's poetry differ from his contemporaries?
- What does Owen describe his work as being about?
- How long is the poem "Dulce et Decorum Est"?
- How is the poem structured?
- What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
- What does Owen's irregular stanza length signify?
- What is the base meter of the poem?
- How does Owen create a jagged rhythm?
- What type of language does Owen employ in the poem?
- What is the effect of repetition in the poem?
- What literary devices does Owen use to communicate movement?
- What does the Latin title "Dulce et Decorum Est" translate to?
- What does Owen argue about the Latin saying in his poem?
- How does Owen describe the first image in the poem?
- What does the simile "like old beggars under sacks" imply?
- What does the verb "cursed" evoke in the poem?