Compare the poems and comment on how the way Owen and Southey convey Es

Compare the poems and comment on how the way Owen and Southey convey their attitude towards war - Dulce et decorum EstDulce et Decorum Est tells the story of how Wilfred Owen experiencesworld war first hand and tells of his bitter angst towards thegovernment who try to persuade young men to join the army.Owen developed many of his poetic techniques at Craiglockhart MilitaryHospital where he spent much of the war as an injured soldier, and wasable to express his ideas and feelings on paperHe uses the Latin phrase Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, whichtranslates into it is sweet and glorious to die for ones country.Owen tells of how this phrase is wrong, how it is not glorious toexperience the harsh reality of war with the explosions and thescreeching of missiles, which he saw with his own eyes. The phrase isdeceptive to the men that are called up as they look to help theircountry and believe that it is something to die for.The poem begins with a slow rhythm through the use of hea vy, longwords, in order to illustrate how slow and painstaking war was. Owensview on war is that it is a dangerous thing to do and using a Latinphrase is just a way of recruiting more troops. He states,My friend, you would not tell with such(prenominal) high zestThe old Lie Dulce et decorum estPro patria moriMy friend refers to another war poet, Jessie Pope, who had acompletely different aspect on war. Owen emphasises the word lie ashe fully believes that the phrase is one.The poem begins with the lines,Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludgeThis gives the audience a picture of soldiers with heavy bags on their... ... victory.He seems to see the passage of arms as a battle that must happen in order forsomething good to devolve of it. He uses it was a famous victory a fewtimes at the end of verses, which he is determined to get across thepoint of this battle was worth fighting for, though he contradictshimself as he canno t explain what it is. Kaspar corrects Wilhelminewhen she states that it was a wicked thing and says that it was afamous victory.I get the whim that Robert Southey believes that good can comeof war, though he doesnt fully understand what the Battle of Blenheimwas about. I have come to the conclusion that Wilfred Owen is fullyagainst war and not prepared to change his mind, as he experiencedfirst-hand how tragic it can be. Southeys attitude towards war is onethat good can become of it, and Owen believes it is a awesome andtragic thing.