Owen is considered one of the greatest war poets, thanks in part to his moving poem Dulce et Decorum Est. The poem describes a gas attack in the trenches and pulsates with a sense of horror and ...

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori: The Roman poet Horace’s Latin line tells the reader that it is sweet and noble to die for one’s country. Nowadays, however, there could be a less onerous ...