Comparison of the Man He Killed, the Send-Off and Dulce Et Decorum Est Essay

The Send-Off, by Wilfred Owen, is an ironic and dark humoured interpretation of how the soldiers were direct off to the battlefront, during World War I. In this poem, Owen conveys to us that the soldiers are universe sent to their doom. From the very start we sense the soldiers preoccupied fate. The soldiers go to the train, they are singing joyfully, as if they are being sent to a country picnic, and of course the narration is omniscient, we know what lies for state of struggleds of them, and so simultaneously the lanes are darkening around them. This poem very conveys a message that war is not as glorious and good as it is always pictured as. Even the title, The send-off could mean both things. Firstly, it could mean that the soldiers were being sent off to war. However, it could also mean that the soldiers were being sent off to their deaths.This emphasizes the fact that war actually is not what it is portrayed to be. It is not glorious and honourable to fight in war but the people and soldiers going through with(predicate) it suffer greatly and most do not survive. Similarly, The Man He Killed also portrays war negatively which is reflected through the poets choice of words describing war such as, quaint and curious war is. However, The Man He Killed focuses on the senselessness and futility of war, where a man has killed some other quite simply because they were fighting on opposing sides in a war. Likewise Dulce et Decorum Est illustrates the harsh reality and brutality of war but in this poem the poet writes about an actual event in war that he has witnessed. Dulce et Decorum Est describes a mustard gas attack on a group of war-weary soldiers. Owens painfully direct language combines mettlesome realism with an aching sense of compassion.