Dulce et Decorum est Flashcards by harriet c.

Who wrote ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’?

Wilfred Owen

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When was ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ written?

1918

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What war is described in ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’?

WWI

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Who is ‘my friend’ that Wilfred Owen refers to?

Jessie Pope

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Where does Wilfred Owen use sarcasm in ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’?

‘my friend’

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Was Jessie Pope really Wilfred Owen’s friend?

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Who was Jessie Pope?

a propaganda poet

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What does ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ mean?

it is sweet and it is fitting

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What is interesting about the title ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’?

only half of the saying

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Why might Wilfred Owen only used half of the saying as the title ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’?

half of idea of war
-> missing reality of horror

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What imagery is used in ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’?

water imagery

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finish the quote : ‘bent…

…double’

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finish the quote : ‘like…

…old beggars’

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finish the quote : ‘old beggars…

…under sacks’

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finish the quote : ‘knock…

…kneed’

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finish the quote : ‘coughing…

…like hags’

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finish the quote : ‘we…

…cursed through sludge’

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finish the quote : ‘cursed through…

…sludge’

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finish the quote : ‘till on the…

..haunting flares’

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finish the quote : ‘we turned…

…our backs’

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finish the quote : ‘and towards…

…our distant rest’

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finish the quote : ‘began to…

…trudge’

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finish the quote : ‘men marched…

…asleep’

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finish the quote : ‘many had…

…lost their boots’

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finish the quote : 'but limped...

...on, blood-shod'

finish the quote : 'all went...

...lame ; all blind'

finish the quote : 'drunk with...

...fatigue'

finish the quote : 'deaf...

..even to the hoots'

finish the quote : 'hoots of...

...gas shells dropping'

finish the quote : 'gas shells...

...dropping softly behind'

finish the quote : 'dropping...

...softly behind'

finish the quote : 'gas!...

..gas! quick boys'

finish the quote : 'an ecstasy...

...of fumbling'

complete the quote : '...of fumbling'

'an ecstasy...'

finish the quote : 'fitting the...

...clumsy helmets just in time'

finish the quote : 'clumsy...

...helmets just in time'

finish the quote : 'but someone was..

...still yelling out and stumbling'

finish the quote : 'still...

...yelling out and stumbling'

finish the quote : 'and flound'ring...

like a man in fire or lime'

finish the quote : 'like a man...

...in fire or lime'

finish the quote : 'dim...

..through the misty panes'

finish the quote : 'thick..

...green light'

finish the quote : 'as under a...

..green sea'

finish the quote : 'i saw...

...him drowning'

finish the quote : 'in all..

...my dreams'

finish the quote : 'before...

..my helpless sight'

finish the quote : 'he...

...plunges at me'

finish the quote : 'guttering...

..choking, drowning'

finish the quote : 'if in some...

...smothering dreams'

finish the quote : 'you too could...

....pace behind the wagon'

finish the quote : 'the wagon we...

...flung him in'

finish the quote : 'watch the...

..white eyes writhing'

finish the quote : 'white...

...eyes writhing'

finish the quote : 'his hanging...

...face'

finish the quote : 'like a...

...devil's sick of sin'

finish the quote : 'if you could...

...hear'

finish the quote : 'at every...

...jolt'

finish the quote : 'the blood...

...come gargling'

finish the quote : 'gargling from the...

..froth corrupted lungs'

finish the quote : 'froth...

...corrupted lungs'

finish the quote : 'obscene as...

...cancer'

finish the quote : 'bitter as...

...the cud'

finish the quote : 'of...

...vile, incurable sores'

finish the quote : 'incurable sores...

...on innocent tongues'

finish the quote : 'my friend...

..you would not tell'

finish the quote : 'you would not tell...

..with such high zest'

finish the quote : 'such...

...high zest'

finish the quote : 'to children...

...ardent for some desperate glory'

finish the quote : 'children ardent...

...for some desperate glory'

finish the quote : 'the old...

...lie'

finish the quote : 'dulce est decorum est...

..pro patria mori'

What is the significance of the title?

only half - not truthful recognisable latin

How popular were Jessie Pope's propaganda poems?

set to music published daily in newspapers

When did Owen die?

week before end of war

What did Owen witness?

first hand warfare at the Front

What type of poems did Jessie Pope write?

patriotic jingoistic

Give a quote by Owen

'My subject is war, and the pity of war. The Poetry is in the pity'

Dulce et Decorum est Flashcards

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