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    Document A "dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" was written by Wilfred Owen during the war. The title of the poem is in Latin and comes from another poem written by the Roman Horace. The poem was written during the war but was not published until 1920.

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    Document A "dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" was written by Wilfred Owen during the war. The title of the poem is in Latin and comes from another poem written by the Roman Horace. The poem was written during the war but was not published until 1920.

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    DulceEtDecorumEstwaswrittenbyWilfredOwenduringWWI.Thetitleofthepoemisin
    LatinandcomesfromanotherpoemwrittenbytheRomanHorace.Thetitlecanbetranslatedto
    itissweetandhonorable.Thefinallinesofthepoemgivethecompletephrase,dulceet
    decorumestpropatriamori,whichcanbetranslatedtoitissweetandhonorabletodiefor
    onescountry.ThisphrasewasoftenrepeatedduringtheWWI.Thepoemwaswrittenduring
    thewarbutwasnotpublisheduntil1920.

    DulceEtDecorumEst
    [1]Bentdouble,likeoldbeggarsundersacks,
    Knockkneed,coughinglikehags,wecursedthroughsludge,
    Tillonthehauntingflaresweturnedourbacks
    Andtowardsourdistantrestbegantotrudge.
    Menmarchedasleep.Manyhadlosttheirboots
    Butlimpedon,bloodshod.Allwentlame;allblind;
    Drunkwithfatigue(tired);deafeventothehoots
    Ofdisappointedshellsthatdroppedbehind.
    [2]GAS!Gas!Quick,boys!Anecstasyoffumbling,
    Fittingtheclumsyhelmetsjustintime;
    Butsomeonestillwasyellingoutandstumbling
    Andfloundering(struggle)likeamaninfireorlime.
    Dim,throughthemistypanesandthickgreenlight
    Asunderagreensea,Isawhimdrowning.
    [3]Inallmydreams,beforemyhelplesssight,
    Heplungesatme,guttering,choking,drowning.(frompoisongas)
    [4]Ifinsomesmotheringdreamsyoutoocouldpace
    Behindthewagonthatweflunghimin,
    Andwatchthewhiteeyeswrithinginhisface,
    Hishangingface,likeadevil'ssickofsin;
    Ifyoucouldhear,ateveryjolt,theblood
    Comegarglingfromthefrothcorruptedlungs,
    Obscene(offensive)ascancer,bitterasthecud
    Ofvile,incurablesoresoninnocenttongues,
    Myfriend,youwouldnottellwithsuchhighzest
    Tochildrenardentforsomedesperateglory,

    TheoldLie:Dulceetdecorumest
    Propatriamori.
    GuidedQuestionsforDulceEtDecorumEst
    1. Who wrote this document?

    2. When was it written?

    3. Why was it written?


    4. Would this author be biased?
    Section1
    1.Whoisbeingdescribedinthissection?

    2.Underlinethedifferentwordstheauthorusestodescribethisgroup.

    3.Howisthisgroupbeingdescribed?

    4.Istheauthordescribingapleasantimage?Whyorwhynot?Usethewordstheauthorusesin
    youranswer.

    Section2
    1.Whatdoyouthinktheauthorisdescribinginthissection?

    2.Howdidpeoplerespondtothesituation?

    Section3
    1.Whatimageryistheauthorleftwithaftertheeventhappens?

    Section4
    1.Theauthorstartsofthesectionbyaddressingthereaderyoutoocouldpace,whydoyou
    thinktheauthorswitchedfromdescribingpeopleandaneventtoaddressingthereaderdirectly?
    Whatisthepurposeofthis?

    2.WhoisOwensdescribinginthissection?

    3.Underlinethewordsthatareusedtodescribetheperson

    4.Howdoyoufeelreadingthedescriptionofthedeceasedsoldier?Whatwordsstoodoutto
    youthemost?

    5.BasedonthedescriptionsOwensgivesthroughoutthepoem,whatdoyouthinkhisposition
    onwarisanddulceetdecorumestpropatriamori?

    6.Thispoemwaspublishedafterthewarhadended.Soldiersgoingtowardidnotknowwhat
    couldhappentothem.Whatwouldyouropinionofwarbeifyoualsohadnoideawhatcould
    happenedtoyouonthebattlefield?Wouldyouthinkitishonorabletodieforyourcountryor
    wouldknowingwhatcouldhappentoyouchangeyouropinion?Explainyouranswerwithat
    least5completesentences.

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