If you could hear, with each shock, the blood gushing from the lungs corrupted by foam, obscene like cancer, bitter like the rumination of vile and incurable wounds on tongues innocent, my friend, you would not say with so much enthusiasm to children eager for desperate glory, the old lie: dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. Although for those who returned from the war, it was as if they had never left. The poem Mental Cases features the speaker observing returning soldiers who have been placed in a mental institution. In the first stanza of mental cases, subjects are objectified through the use of “these,” “they,” and “their.” This is to challenge the speaker to think about what may have caused their condition and, with the subjects being anonymous, it encompasses the fact that there are more than one soldier who has returned like this. Hello (afternoon) my fellow disciplinarians, These words from Wilfred Owen, who helped shape our understanding of the human condition, our understanding of the realities of war and the horrific deaths suffered and witnessed by the soldiers of the First World War. Known as one of the leading poets of the First World War. Owen's poem Dulce et Decorum Est, themed on the horrors of trench and gas warfare, is widely used to contrast the public's perception of warfare of that era. The speaker describes these soldiers as “shadows” swaying in the light of dusk. As described in the first 2 lines. Although the severity is amplified in the rest of the stanza. With a description like “Tongues dropping from jaws,” it shows just how demented these soldiers have become due to the trauma they suffered. Further effects of witnessing the horrors of war are also felt in the sixth line, "I have dug these chasms around the...... middle of paper...... decorum est Pro patria mori, He is sweet and fitting to die for one's country Although in this case these soldiers would not think so (Finalize the context of Wilfred Owen) That said, this poem of Owens was mainly addressed to those who rallied the youth. English, who urged them to fight for personal glory and national honor. However, if they could have witnessed the physical agony or felt the emotional trauma felt by the speaker, it would have changed their point. of view. For death is neither glorious nor honorable and neither is war. To conclude, Wilfred Owen was an extraordinary young man. With incredibly unique, influential and enduring poetic works, they will always be well known in the language. English His testimonies on the horrors of the First World War which affected an entire young generation will never be forgotten...