Explication of "Dulce et Decorum Est" In Dulce et Decorum Est Wilfred Owen explores the harsh conditions and realities of war. The burdens of war and the overwhelming weariness faced by soldiers are described in the first ten lines of the poem. Many soldiers in World War I did not have the proper training and equipment to fight a war. The long marches to battle through bad conditions wore the soldiers down and caused their …
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…country is an honorable death, to die to save others and make others lives better is an honorable way to die. To die while protecting freedom is honorable. When death comes while fighting for what you believe in, it is almost justified. Although the soldiers that have dies in wartime while in battles and those killed under friendly fire are missed. They have not died in vain, they have died honorably and for honorable reasons.