Comparison

25^th November 2015

THE SOLDIER

1. Patriotism

• Foreign field

• England

• Rich earth

• Home

1. The magnification of the war

• Pace

• England heaven

• Dreams happy

DULCE ET DCORUM EST

1. Grotesque soldiers

• Like old beggars

• Coughing like hags

• Exhausted soldiers (asleep, lame, blind, drunk, deaf)

1. The horror of war

• Blood-shod

• Drowning

COMPARISON

THE SOLDIER and DULCE ET DECORUM EST

The language used by Rupert Brooke in his poem The Soldier is very different from the one used by Wilfred Owen in Dulce Et Decorum Est, even though both poems tell about the First World War.

Wilfred Owen uses language in order to convey the impression of the war like a  horrible experience.

The soldiers die for their country but the scene is not represented like a glorious or honorable one.

n Owen’s poem the reader can almost feel the suffering and painful aspects of the war. On the other hand, even if Rupert Brooke uses a similar language in The Soldier. he wants convey to the reader the impression that dying in war for one's country is honorable, and glorious.

Now, we can say the poets’ opinion of the war are so different, maybe opposite.