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WorksheetsDulce et Decorum est
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Who wrote Dulce et Decorum est?
Wilfred Owen
Frederick Owen
Owen Smith
Owen Fredricks
Which war did the poet serve in?
WW2
WW1
Boer War
Crimean War
What language is the title of the poem written in?
French
Latin
German
Dutch
Which is the correct translation of 'Dulce et Decorum est pro patria mori'?
It is an honour to fight for ones country
Only the valiant serve
Only the valiant die
It is sweet and right to die for ones country
"Bent double like ........."
hags
old beggars under sacks
old men
drunkards
"Men marched....."
for days
towards distant rest
asleep
for hours
"Under a .............................. I saw him drowning"
green mist
yellow fog
green sea
smog
"His hanging face like a devil's sick of sin" is an example of
metaphor
personification
oxymoron
simile
"And watch the white eyes writhing in his face" is an example of
alliteration
simile
hyperbole
personification
"Drunk with fatigue" is an example of
metaphor
personification
simile
alliteration
Who is Owen addressing in his poem with the word "you"?
fellow soldiers
the German army
the reader
those on the home front who glorify war
When Owen addresses the reader as "my friend " what language device is he using?
juxtaposition
hyperbole
irony
oxymoron
