Dulce et Decrum est
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... typical attitudes of the time. He uses similes such as, 'Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,' and, 'obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud,' to familiarise the situation to the reader and to focus on the repulsive truth of war. These similes simplify the theme of his poem without reducing its effect, and make the poem easier to understand. This reflects the views of the World War I society where there was a need for such anti-war messages, especially when there were people placed in high social classes who supported the war. The alliteration of the letter 's' such as in 'sick of sin' also works well to this anti-war message as the 's' sound is usually identified to stealth and maliciousness. The hyphen joining compound epithets 'knock-kneed' and 'blood-shod', where we again see the use of alliteration, describe the physical condition of the soldiers quickly and effectively, and allowing the reader to easily picture the soldiers in their mind. These techniques work together to easily present the themes to the public in an understandable way.
The graphic horror of war is presented through a series of images which are designed to demolish the notion of war being a patriotic and meaningful adventure. One particularly vivid image is that of the ...
