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 description 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 being sent to their doom. From the very start we sense the soldiers lost fate. The soldiers go to the train, they are relation joyfully, as if they are being sent to a country picnic, but of course the narration is omniscient, we make love what lies ahead of them, and so simultaneously the lanes are darkening around them. This poem actually conveys a meat that struggle is not as glorious and honourable as it is always portrayed as. Even the title, The beam could mean two 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 crowd in war but the people and sold iers going through 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 public has killed another 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 pillow slip 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 gritty realism with an aching sense of compassion.