Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Quizzes
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In which year was 'Dulce et Decorum Est' written?
In which year was 'Dulce et Decorum Est' written?
1917
Which poet did Owen meet at Craiglockhart War Hospital?
Which poet did Owen meet at Craiglockhart War Hospital?
Siegfried Sassoon
What does the Latin title 'Dulce et Decorum Est' mean?
What does the Latin title 'Dulce et Decorum Est' mean?
Sweet and fitting to die for fatherland
What does Owen call Horace's Latin phrase in the poem?
What does Owen call Horace's Latin phrase in the poem?
The old Lie
What do 'misty panes' refer to in the poem?
What do 'misty panes' refer to in the poem?
Gas mask lenses
What type of poetic structure does the poem use?
What type of poetic structure does the poem use?
Loose sonnet
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
ABABCDCDEFEFGG
What sound device is used in 'sacks/sludge' and 'fumbling/stumbling'?
What sound device is used in 'sacks/sludge' and 'fumbling/stumbling'?
Half-rhymes
What phrase appears in stanza two during the gas attack?
What phrase appears in stanza two during the gas attack?
Gas! Gas! Quick, boys!
Which patriotic poet does the poem directly challenge?
Which patriotic poet does the poem directly challenge?
Jessie Pope