Language techniques and their importance in "Dulce et Decorum Est" and "Anthem for Doomed Youth" In the poem "Dulce et Decorum Est", Wilfred Owen aims to illustrate the truth about the war. He wants to show people the difference between what happened in the trenches and the lie being told at home. He uses metaphors, comparisons, images and a sinister tone to express his feelings and to show the horror and tragedy those involved experienced. …showed first 75 words of 652 total…

…showed last 75 words of 652 total…demented choirs" and the "monstrous anger of the guns" become "hasty orisons" like fake prayers for the survival of soldiers when the only option is to die. In the second stanza are visual images, and images of mourning: "glimmers of goodbyes" In both poems, Wilfred Owen uses several language techniques to shock the reader and to illustrate more vividly his hatred of war and that is not "sweet and right to die for one's country".