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DULCE ET DECORUM EST (1920) - Coggle Diagram
DULCE ET DECORUM EST (1920)
TITLE
from Latin:
"Dolce e decoroso è morire per la patria"
sarcastic, ironic
the last sentence of the poem
FIRST STANZA
IMAGERY
broken and weak soldiers
STRUCTURE
Rhyme scheme is ABABCDCD
A:s-acks
B:sl-udge
A:b-acks
B:tr-udge
C:b-oots
D:bl-ind
C:h-oots
D:beh-ind
Decasyllabics
LANGUAGE
no traditional war heroism
bloody feet = brutality of war
"...dropping softly..." = oxymoron higlights the exaustion
SECOND STANZA
IMAGERY
LANGUAGE
STRUCTURE
THIRD STANZA
LANGUAGE
present continous implies that:
this event is playing out in the personas imagination
the poem's persona is:
powerless to do anything
the persona is haunted by this event
it plagues their dreams
STRUCTURE
to stand out in order to emphasise the fact that seeing their fellow soldier drown is something that stands out in the persona's mind
IMAGERY
poet’s nightmare
FOURTH STANZA
LANGUAGE
critical tone
to dismiss:
propaganda
pro-war views
pronoun use:
you:
intended audience
you vs me:
you: pro-war supportes at home
me: soldiers actually doing fighting
his:
dead soldiers
unspecific and anonymous
possible shellshock reference
IMAGERY
description of death and the message of the poem.
shocking images are designed to highlight how brutal war is
STRUCTURE
alliterative phrase
emphasises the horror of the image
MOOD
Extremely negative mood
negativity in the language with worlds like sludge, drowning and bitter
MOTIVATION
Expose the horrors of the war,
It criticizes the pro war movements and the patriotism
MEANING
The trauma of a soldier who sees his comrade die in extreme pain by a gas attack