Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen The title of this poem, “Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori” is latin and means “it is sweet and fitting to die for your country”. The poem is about the experiences of soldiers during World War I when people still believed that it was the patriotic duty of young men to go to war and risk death for their country. However at this time, with no television …showed first 75 words of 773 total…

…showed last 75 words of 773 total…appears to be, not just a description of the horrors of war, but a real life account. At the end of the poem Owen suggests that if we had witnessed the horrors of war we would not fill our children’s heads with the idea that there is something sweet and fitting about dying for one’s country. He repeats the title, “Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori”, describing it as “the old lie”.