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My favorite of his poems is ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46560/dulce-et-decorum-est https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/465
by gotocake 8y ago
My favorite of his poems is ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46560/dulce-et-decorum-est https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46560/dulce-et-decoru...
Dim through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In all my dreams before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.
If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin...
- Jaruzel 8y agoCovered Wilfred Owen in some depth in Secondary School, although his poetry is quite depressing compared to say, Rupert Brooke, I was always fascinated with him due in part that I share the same surname with him.
- JoeSmithson 8y agoIt's common in British school to compare and contrast "The Soldier" with "Dulce et Decorum Est". Personally the poem which had the most impact on me was "Suicide in The Trenches"[0]. Hit me like a tonne of bricks aged about 14, I read it every Rememberence Day now. [0] https://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~keith/poems/suicide.html https://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~keith/poems/suicide.html