Dulce et Decorum Est

Name: Dulce et Decorum Est
Author: Wilfred Owen

by Wilfred Owen

Anti-war poem exposing the horrific reality of trench warfare

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Wilfred Owen

English World War I poet whose poems including Dulce et Decorum Est and Strange Meeting are the most powerful anti-war verse in the English language. He was killed one week before the armistice.

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Collected Poems
Strange MeetingPoem depicting a soldier meeting an enemy soldier in death
Anthem for Doomed YouthPoem lamenting the deaths of young soldiers in war