DULCE ET DECORUM EST

In the poem Dulce ET Decorum Est, tone, diction and imagery play an important role. The author uses image to show and exemplify the extremity of the situation and the war. The author uses tone to convey emotion, and he uses diction so that the words and sentences he chooses to add the impact to the poem.

In the poem the tone is displayed by the words morbid and desperate. The words desperate in the poem is implying that the men in the poem are under a lot of chaos, and that they are unorganized and are just in pandemonium, and running away for the gas. The word morbid implies death. The men are just being attacked by this gas and are dieing. Also he used the word jolt. The word jolt implies a sudden shock, or something that came out of nowhere. This shows that these men have been ambushed in a way, and just being killed quickly.

The poem also displays diction. The diction is the word choice used in the poem, for example sludge, guttering, choking,......

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Title: Dulce Et Decorum Est (Poem)
Approximate Word Count: 463
Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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