SCSC 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Dulce Et Decorum Est, Ewart Alan Mackintosh, Joyce Kilmer
7 Jan 2018
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Colonel john mccrae and dulce et decorum est by the british lieutenant. In both poems, the aspect of violence and fight is portrayed in war. So much cruelty are imposed upon the soldiers and army bases till death. Soldiers have to endure pain and suffering to redeem glory for their nation. Their lives are pretty short lived are are vulnerable to a halt anytime. And, that is because they believe it"s a call for doing good. On the contrary, the speaker in the flanders field, believes that the death serves a purpose to foster the spirit to fight till they attain glory and consider it an honorable act. In these two poems with respect to war, one ends with peace and serenity in the outside world, at the cemetery in the. However, in dulce et decorum, it ends with guilt as the speaker feels guilty about his incapability of saving his fellow comrades dying in front of his sight.
