Wilfred Owen's "Dulce et Decorum est" clearly portrays the true identity of war. "Dulce et Decorum est" being a war time poem tries to show its readers the reality of the war, and to show the world that the war is very different from what people believe it to be. Going into more detail throughout the entire poem the author uses a large quantity of imagery that aids the readers in seeing the war from …
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…saying is finished in the 4th stanza; Dulce et Decorum est Pro patria mori. This saying translates into the following idea: It is sweet and right to die for ones country. But clearly to Owen this is a 'lie' and to him the war is not linked to a patriotic act. In more detail the last line of the poem supports this idea, "The old Lie: Dulce et Decorum est Pro patria mori." -Pavel Krymski