Imagery
The poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen relies on imagery and pathos to make it more convincing and more realistic. We will now outline some specific figures of speech employed by the poet in order to create image…
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Allusion
There is one major allusion in the poem that you should take into consideration. By allusion we understand references to past events, famous people or literary works.
The poem refers to R…
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Similes
The poem uses a lot of similes in order to create images of the soldiers and particularly of the on…
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Metaphors
The poet depicts the chlorine gas metaphorically like a “green sea” (l. 14). Also the “clumsy helmets” (l. 10) are in fact a reference to the clumsiness of the soldiers themselves and the “innocent tongues” (l. 24) are a metapho…
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Symbols
As we have mentioned, the poem is very narrative. However, the mention of t…
