Although its meter is similar to iambic pentameter, intentional inappropriate punctuation provides this poem a thematically significant sense of discord. Poignant moments occur when the speaker sees his comrades "knock- kneed, coughing like hags" and sees another man "plunging toward [him], guttering, choking, drowning," bo
Although its meter is similar to iambic pentameter, intentional inappropriate punctuation provides this poem a thematically significant sense of discord. Poignant moments occur when the speaker sees his comrades "knock- kneed, coughing like hags" and sees another man "plunging toward [him], guttering, choking, drowning," both of which serve to decry war and what is called "the old Lie" spoken by the Roman poet Horace. For ten points, name this poem that ends with the line "Pro patria mori," a work by Wilfred Owen.
Although its meter is similar to iambic pentameter, intentional inappropriate punctuation provides this poem a thematically significant sense of discord.
“{Dulce et Decorum Est}”