Figurative Language In Owen’s Poems
Dulce Et Decorum Est Owen’s use of simile to express the idea of pain and exhaustion on a battlefield during World War I contradicts the patriotic belief that death tastes sweet when life is honourably laid down for the sake of the country. In stanza 1, lines 1-2, Owen supports the idea of exhaustion: “Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge.” (Owen,





