Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Dulce Et Decorum Est
Of all the dozen or so poems we read this week, none hit me harder than the poem by Owen named "Dulce Et Decorum Est." I read through it several times and by the third time I could visually see the gas bombs being dropped on the troops while they all put on their gas masks, except for the one young soldier who was unable to get it on and then gasped for air as he suffered the gas being dispursed by the bomb. It was very vivid and horrific sight in my mind as I read this story. Even though this poem depicts the horrid deaths that accompany war, I really enjoyed this poem because I could understand and visually see what the author was trying to convey. Wow, what a poem!
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Brian, I liked this poem, too, for the same reasons. This poem does a wonderful job of bringing people into it and bringing out our senses, I thought. It amazed me how the title could be so true in the face of such an event as this one being depicted, too!
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