It was written in response to Owen Seaman's Pro Patria, which extolled the virtues of men fighting in World War I, and which also took its title from a Horatian ode.
It was written in response to Owen Seaman's Pro Patria, which extolled the virtues of men fighting in World War I, and which also took its title from a Horatian ode. A man flounders about as if in fire or lime and plunges at the speaker, guttering, choking, drowning. His froth-corrupted lungs and hanging face paint a vivid picture for the bent double, like old beggars under sacks, men at the center of this poem, who are the victims of a gas attack. FTP, identify this poem by Wilfred Owen that took its title from the Latin for "It is sweet and noble to die for one's country."
It was written in response to Owen Seaman's Pro Patria, which extolled the virtues of men fighting in World War I, and which also took its title from a Horatian ode.
{Dulce et Decorum Est}