Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Year 'Dulce et Decorum Est' was written
Year 'Dulce et Decorum Est' was written
1917
Hospital where Owen wrote the poem
Hospital where Owen wrote the poem
Craiglockhart War Hospital
Poet Owen met at Craiglockhart
Poet Owen met at Craiglockhart
Siegfried Sassoon
Meaning of 'Dulce et Decorum Est'
Meaning of 'Dulce et Decorum Est'
Sweet and fitting to die for one's fatherland
What Owen calls the Latin phrase
What Owen calls the Latin phrase
'The old Lie'
How soldiers are described in opening
How soldiers are described in opening
'Old beggars under sacks'
Poetic form Owen uses
Poetic form Owen uses
Loose sonnet
Sound device: sacks/sludge, fumbling/stumbling
Sound device: sacks/sludge, fumbling/stumbling
Half-rhymes (pararhymes)
What the gas becomes in Owen's metaphor
What the gas becomes in Owen's metaphor
A 'green sea' in which the soldier drowns
Propaganda poet Owen criticises
Propaganda poet Owen criticises
Jessie Pope