The poem "Dulce et Decorum est" was written by Wilfred Owen during World War I and is probably the most popular war poem ever written. The title is part of the Latin phrase "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" which means "It is sweet and right to die for one's country". Wilfred Owen witnessed the war and this poem is about a gas attack that he witnessed. Throughout this poem, Owen conveys the feeling of anger and injustice through the use of many different poetic techniques. Wilfred Owen focuses on the condition of the men in order to show the reader the effect that the war had on the soldiers. He often compares young soldiers to old people: “Bent double, like old beggars under sacks.” In this comparison, soldiers are compared to old beggars because of their physical condition. They are “doubled over” because the weight of the packs prevents them from walking properly, even though they are healthy young soldiers. In addition, this war has definitely aged them. Wilfred Owen continues to describe the condition of the soldiers and again he compares them to the elderly using a simile: “Knee-knocking, coughing like witches”. Knock-knee is a figure of speech but the author could also mean the soldiers. their knees were literally knocking against each other because of their injuries and the weight of the bags. This line also describes the soldiers' cough as being similar to that of an elderly person – deep and raspy. Owen also wants to tell us that the soldiers were overworked and extremely tired: “Drunk with fatigue” The choice of words in this metaphor is interesting. Normally you wouldn't associate "drunk" with a soldier on duty and this shows us how he walks - staggering. “Fatigue” means they are more than just tired, in the middle of a sheet of paper. This can be literal and mean that what happened cannot be undone: the soldiers are dead or the wounds will stay with the wounded forever. It may also mean that survivors will never forget what they saw. Owen then reminds us that these soldiers are innocent and that this war is corrupting them when it should not be and this creates a feeling of injustice. In conclusion, I think that through this poem, Wilfred Owen created a climate of anger and injustice. He did this effectively by using poetic techniques such as imagery, metaphors, similes, alliteration, and rhyme. To make the reader feel the same way, he shocks them with the true horror of war and involves them in the poem by using words such as "you". Owen's true anger and bitterness comes through clearly at the end with the following ironic statement: "The old lie: Dulce et decorum estPro patria mori."