The document compares two war poems, "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen and "The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke, highlighting their differing views on war. Owen criticizes the glorification of warfare, depicting its brutal reality, while Brooke presents an idealized vision of patriotism and sacrifice. Both poems address themes of death and patriotism, but ultimately arrive at contrasting conclusions about the nature of war.

1. Comparison
Between
“Dulce et
Decorum Est”
and
“The Soldier”

2. NAME: MAHIDA BHUMIKA
PRAKASHBHAI
ROLL NO: 4
ENROLLMENT
NUMBER:3069206420200021
M.A. SEM -2
Subject: Paper 110A: History
of English Literature – From
1900 to 2000

3. Hello!
I am Bhumika Mahida
I am here because I love to give presentation before you on the topic
“Comparison between two war poems named , “Dulce et DecorumEst” and
“The Soldier.”

4. Introduction:
Let’sstart with the biographical
information aboutboth poets…

5. “
Wilfred Edward
Salter Owen MC was
an English poet and
soldier. He was one
of the leading poets
of the First World
War.

6. “
Rupert Chawner Brooke
was an English poet known
for his idealistic war
sonnets written during the
First World War,
especially The Soldier. He
was also known for his
boyish good looks

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8. Wilfred Owen's poem "Dulce et decorum est"
responds to a line by Horace, "dulce et decorum
est pro patria more", or "it is fitting and sweet
to die for the sake of one's country." Owen’s is
criticizing Horace’s romanticization of war by
showing the brutality of trench warfare in
World War I, which was a very differentsort of
war than that envisagedby the Roman poet due
to the industrializationof military technology.
Rather than war being a matter of individual
bravery, it was a matter of mass killing.
Infection and disease killed or maimed as many
as direct hits by artillery.

9. The main message

10. The main message of
this poem is that it is
not "sweet and fitting
to die for one's
country" as so many
people choose to
believe; war is tragic
and awful and
gruesome and
miserable, and so are
the effects that it has
on young people.

11. Owen uses a simile when he
says that the soldiers are "Bent
double, like old beggars under
sacks" and another simile when
he says that they are "coughing
like hags." A metaphor
compares the effects of their
extreme fatigue to being
"Drunk." All three of these
comparisons paint pictures of
the awful effects war has on
these young, healthy men. They
now seem old, decrepit, and
weak, when they ought to be
vital, vibrant, and innocent.

12. "The Soldier"
is a poem
written by
Rupert
Brooke. The
poem is the
fifth in a series
of poems
entitled 1914.

13. Narrated in the first
personby an English
soldier, the poem is
sentimental,patriotic,
and epitaphic.In the
closing sestet, the poem’s
speaker suggeststhat his
soul is eternally linked
with England.The
poem’s familiar opening
lines acquired even
greater poignancy as a
resultof Brooke’s own
wartime death:

14. How are “the
soldier” and
“Dulce et
decorum” est
similar?

15. The themes of “The
Soldier” and “Dulce et
Decorum est” are very
similar, as both deal
with death,
patriotism, sacrifice
and the glorification
of war, but the poems
come to very different
conclusions.

16. Poetic techniques:
Owen writes"Dulce Et
Decorum Est" with many
poetic techniquessuch as
similes, metaphors,
personification, rhyming,
alliteration, hyperbole,
onomatopoeia,direct speech
and irony. Irony is a key factor
that shapes Owen'spoem
Dulce Et Decorum.
While…

17. in 'The Soldier'
Brooke used alliteration,
imagery, and rhyming.
An example of one of these that
Brooke uses in the poem is when
alliterationis used to show the
brilliance of England through
repetition of consonants in sights
and sounds.

18. The style of "Dulce et
Decorum est" is similar
to the French ballade
poetic form. By
referencing this formal
poetic form and then
breaking the
conventions of pattern
and rhyming, Owen
accentuates the
disruptive and chaotic
events being told.

19. While…
“The Soldier” is a sonnet of two stanzas:
an octet of eight lines and a sestet of six
lines. It is the last in a series of five
sonnets composed shortly after the
outbreak of World War I. ... “The
Soldier” is about the probable death
of a soldier, but the poem has little to
do with dying.

20. Conclusion:
Thus ,
In “The Soldier” Brook depicts an idealized
version of England, to show his love for his
country and to justify the possible death of
himself and other soldiers during the war.
Dulce et Decroum est“ is an extreme contrast
to “The Soldier”, as Owentries to express and
expose the reality of war, with his very direct
and realistic style.

21. Reference
1. “Different Representations
of the First World War in
Poetry”
• https://www.grin.com/document/58
4715
2.Comparing The Soldier and
Dulce et Decorum Est
• https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Co
mparing-The-Soldier-and-Dulce-
et-Decorum-F3C9Y7SZTC

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