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Wilfred Owen's "Anthem for Doomed Youth" and "Dulce et…

- - - - "Dulce" contrasts the high ideals of the Latin phrase and the ugliness of battlefield death.The Latin phrase treats war and death in the abstract; the poem makes images of battle and death vividly real. People often glorify wars, encourage young men to join the army to show patriotism. Owen conveys his personal experience on the true nature of war which effectively negates the popular belief that war is noble and glorious.
      - "Anthem for Doomed Youth": compare the religious and funeral ceremonies in a civilian world, with the ceremonies dead soldiers receive during ward. In this horrible environment and place of war, the only religion is death, voilence, and battle. The only burial rights and respect paid to the soldiers are the gun and rifile fire, which is a pure mockery of their death.
        
        At a civilian funeral, there will be church bells, prayers, and bells, candles and flowers. At war, when soldiers die, only the gun and rifle fire will be the prayer. The sunset will be the the closed curtains and blinds.
    - - "Dulce et Decorum Est" translated into English means it is sweet and honorable. From this title, you would imagine the poem to be about a noble soldier who goes to war to save his country, but in contrast, the poem is about the complete opposite. Owen contrasts the glory and dignity of sacrificing one's life for its country with the the brutality of the wars. It is not always glamorous being a soldier, it is not always honorable to die for your country. Owen creates a sense of irony in the poem's title and the reference of the Latin phrase, which translates to it is sweet and honorable to die for the fatherland. However, throughout the entire poem, he creates this image of horrifying war, and that soldiers still suffer from the war even after it ends. There is nothing sweet or fitting in his description of war.
      - Owen conveys the irony in the title again. Anthem is usually for celebration and cheerful, however, this poem is associated with war, horror, death, mourning and sadness. "Anthem for Doomed Youth" is ironic as anthem, a well known expression of joy and happiness contradicts to the context of the poem which speaks of the misery of young soldiers and their families waiting patiently at home for their loved ones to return. The young men's tragic experiences make the readers feel pity for the "doomed youth".
    - - "Anthem for Doomed Youth" describe soldier as cattle, because they are sent to war to die. Religious and political forces send young men to war, knowing the horrifying conditions of war.
      - "Dulce" compares soldiers to "hags". The words "hags" usually describe an old female, ugly, witches, disliked, negative image. Contrast to patriotic and heroic soldiers. The struggle and variation of the war in comparison to the wat war was portrayed at home.
- - - - In "Anthem for Doomed Youth", the speaker refers to the traditional tolling of church bell to announce a burial. the images pf these ceremonial sounds suggest a period of peace and order, when there is time to pay respect to the dead. But the poem points out that the only sound for those who have fallen in battle is gun and rifle fire, the horrifying noises of war.