Explication of “Dulce et Decorum Est” In his poem exhibiting the gruesome imagery of World War I, “Dulce et Decorum Est”, Wilfred Owen conveys his strongly anti-war sentiments to the reader. Through the irony found in the ending, horrific imagery, and the feeling of surrealism woven into the poem, Owen forces the reader to experience the war, and therefore feel almost as decisively about it as he does. Owen applies the rhetorical situation, sensory imagery, …showed first 75 words of 605 total…

…showed last 75 words of 605 total…to war through the use of the rhetorical situation, sensory imagery, and figurative language in his poem. Not only does he covey his own feelings through the speaker, but he also succeeds in inspiring similar feelings in his readers by forcing them to encounter the horror of war. Through all of the above devices, Owen's poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" conveys its purpose to the reader in a thunderous and powerful voice. Bibliography none necessary