Concetti Chiave
- Ozymandias tells the story of a traveler who saw the ruins of a colossal statue in the desert, symbolizing the fallen power of Ramses II.
- The statue's "sneer of cold command" suggests the sculptor captured the emotions of the king, which persist even after their deaths.
- Dulce et Decorum Est by Owen challenges the notion that dying for one's country is honorable, drawing on the horrors of World War I.
- The poem vividly describes the soldiers' harsh realities and a gas attack that leaves a man unable to put on his protective gear in time.
- Owen's work ends by questioning the glorification of war, urging readers to reconsider the idea of noble sacrifice.
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Dulce et Decorum Est is a beautiful and short poem by Owen, written following his experiences in trenches in northern France during World War I. Dulce et decorum est means it is sweet and proper to die for a country. But he takes the opposite stance.
Esperienze in trincea
The first stanza takes the reader into the ranks of the soldiers.
In the second stanza suddenly someone said: "Gas!". One man gets caught and left behind. He's too slow to wear his gas mask and helmet, which would have saved his life.
In the last two stanzas the speaker suggested that if the readers too could experience what he had witnessed, they would not think that is sweet dying for their country.
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