Dulce Et Decorum Est - the easy stuff

Dulce Et Decorum Est is a poem about

• The second world war

• The first world war

• The vietnam war

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'Dulce et decorum est, pro patria mori' means...

• It is cruel and terrible to die for your country

• It is sweet and fitting to die for your country

• It is glorious and honourable to die for your country

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The poet, Wilfred Owen, thinks this is a lie because...

• fighting can be a terrible experience

• fighting can be an enjoyable experience

• fighting can be a boring experience

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The soldiers in the poem have been in a battle. They feel,

• excited and happy

• strong and brave

• old and tired

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The poet has a dream in which he remembers

• a man dying in a gas attack

• a man dying in a bomb attack

• a man drowning at sea

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The poet wants the people in Britain to know

• how hard life was for him in the war

• how hard life was for all the soldiers in the war

• how hard life was for old soldiers in the war

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The poet wants people in Britain to:

• tell children that it is good to fight

• tell children that they must fight

• tell children that it is not always glorious to fight

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