The following is an excerpt from Wilfred Owen's poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" (Evaluating the Evidence 25.1). It describes the death of a soldier by poison gas: "If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs
Bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,-
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori. [It is sweet and fitting to die / For one's country.]"
Owen's poem can be read as a critique of

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The poem criticizes the idea that dying for one's country is noble and sweet, arguing that the reality of war is brutal and inhumane. Therefore, the patriotic fervor that accompanied the war is being critiqued. The poem does not focus on military strategies, soldier conduct, or the opposition to the war.

The Following Is an Excerpt from Wilfred Owen's Poem "Dulce