| − | '''Dulce et Decorum Est''' is a celebrated poem of [[Wilfred Owen]] composed during [[World War I]]. Its title is a line from one of [[Horace]]'s odes, reading in full "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori", which means in [[Latin]] "sweet and fitting it is to die for one's country". | + | "'''Dulce et Decorum Est'''" is a celebrated poem of [[Wilfred Owen]] composed during [[World War I]]. Its title is a line from one of [[Horace]]'s odes, reading in full "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori," which means in [[Latin]] "Sweet and fitting it is to die for one's country." |
| − | The poem depicts the horrors of trench warfre during the first world war. It describes a gas attack on a trench, during the attack, another soldier failed to get his mask on in time, and so is killed by the deadly gas. | + | |