Dulce Et Decorum Est

Who wrote 'Dulce Et Decorum Est'?

• Siegfried Sassoon

• S.E. Hinton

• Wilfred Owen

This poem is an example of propaganda.

TRUE or FALSE?

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which description below explains what propaganda is?

• False and often misleading information that is one-sided.

• Over exaggerating.

• The whole truth.

STANZA 1:

'Bent double, like old beggars under sacks'

This line is an example of...

• propaganda

• Personification

• Rhyme

• A Simile

A Simile is a literary device that...

• Adds humour to a text.

• Uses the words 'like' or 'as' to compare two things that are similar.

• Creates a disjointed feel to the poem.

What does the word 'diction' mean?

• To dictate what someone can do.

• The repetition of the same letters/ sounds.

• A difference in how something is described.

• The choice of words.

In poetry, what is a 'couplet'?

• A pair of people being described.

• Two stand alone lines anywhere in the poem.

• The pair of lines at the beginning of the poem only.

• The pair of lines at the end of the poem only.

The Couplet

'He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning".

Wilfred Owen's diction here can be described as...

• Satire

• Humorous

• Optimistic

• Guttural

Stanza 4

'To children ardent for some desperate glory'

Who are the children?

• Children in today's society looking for fame online.

• The children during the war wanting to be soldiers.

• The soldiers themselves. They were young men and children by today's standard.

Translate the final two lines of the poem:

"Dulce et decorum est/ Pro Patria mori"

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