#dulce et decorum est by wilfred owen
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I think I did well on my exam!! :DD PROFICIENCY IN SPEECH AND DRAMA BABEY.
#marzipan speaks#i did... *adjusts glasses*#hamlet (rogue and peasant slave)#good omens (spanish inquisition)#dulce et decorum est by wilfred owen#and. an Incompetent Surgeon of the Highest Order for my mime/movement to music#👍#AND SHE LIKED IT!!#she liked ALL of it#can i get a WAHOO#*high five*
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Dulce et Decorum Est
by Wilfred Owen
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind; Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind.
Gas! GAS! Quick, boys! -- An ecstasy of fumbling, Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time; But someone still was yelling out and stumbling, And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime -- Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light, As under a green sea, I saw him drowning. In all my dreams, before my helpless sight, He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning. If in some smothering dreams you too could pace Behind the wagon that we flung him in, And watch the white eyes writhing in his face, His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin; If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, Obscene as cancer, 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.
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~ Wilfred Owens, "Dulce et Decorum Est"
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[ID/ Wilfred Owens poem, "Dulce et Decorum Est"
"Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots,
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of gas-shells dropping softly behind.
Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!—An ecstasy of fumbling
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time,
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
And flound’ring like a man in fire or lime.—
Dim through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In all my dreams before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.
If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, 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.
/end ID]
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"If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood / Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, / Obscene as cancer, 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."
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#great poem but why on earth did he put an em dash directly after a comma#mr. owen i just want to talk#closed polls#polls#poetry#poems#poetry polls#poets and writing#tumblr poetry#have you read this#dulce et decorum est#wilfred owen#war poetry#wwi
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Actually when Wilfred Owen describes a bayonet as "Thin with the hunger for blood" that was peak antiwar poetry & we do not give him enough attention
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I have just found out that Wilfred Owen was killed 1 week before ww1 ended and I will not recover
#ww1#wwi#world war one#the first world war#triple entente#triple alliance#austria hungary#franz ferdinand#1914#1918#history#central powers#europe#dulce et decorum est#wilfred owen
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She dulce on my decorum til I est
She pro on my patria til I mori
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A letter from Wilfred Owen to Siegfried Sassoon
From Rictor Norton's anthology of gay historical letters "My Dear Boy".
#:(#Siegfred told him not to go back to war (after he was invalided home in july 1918)#and then he did.#wilfred owen#siegfried sassoon#rictor norton#dulce et decorum est#war poets#gay poets#gay history#</3
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Dulce et Decorum Est - Wilfred Owen - UK
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots,
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of gas-shells dropping softly behind.
Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!—An ecstasy of fumbling
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time,
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
And flound’ring like a man in fire or lime.—
Dim through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In all my dreams before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.
If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, 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.
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Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen (subtitled excerpt - PART 3) ▶️FULL VIDEO👉 FULL POEM VIDEO ▶️ https://youtu.be/kEYK0aiRPmg 👈
"Dulce et Decorum Est" was written by the British poet Wilfred Owen during World War I. The poem depicts the horrors of war and the harsh realities that soldiers faced on the front lines. Owen draws upon his own experiences as a soldier in the trenches, where he witnessed the devastating effects of gas attacks. He refutes the idealism in the Latin phrase "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori," meaning "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country," a commonly held belief during the time.
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Anytime I see a post that reminds me that reciting the pledge of allegiance in school is common in the US my soul briefly exits my body
Shit’s real fuckin weird. I understand how you would not realize that if you’ve been doing it all your life but I cannot emphasize enough *how fucking weird* it is.
#I went to middle and high school in the US#but it was a private school and we didn’t do this#good for me bc I knew when I first heard that thing at 9 years old that it was fucked up#I might’ve been enough of a goody two shoes that I would’ve done it anyway if instructed to?#but genuinely not sure about that#I thought it was fucking creepy the first time I heard it!!!!!!!#it was creepy and weird!!!!!!!#I remember I went to my dad afterwards like. demanding an explanation of it#and I was like ‘they’re pledging allegiance to a piece of cloth! it makes no sense!’#and he tried to explain it as like. oh it’s about the broader idea of a country—#and I just kept pointing out THAT’S NOT WHAT IT FUCKING SAYS THO#and what it says is creepy and weird#and unfortunately for him I’d already been assigned Wilfred Owen’s Dulce et decorum est as reading#as part of the WWI unit we were doing that year#I didn’t know the word nationalism yet but I was Fairly Fucking Clear where I stood on glorifying a country#so yeah. i’m glad no one ever made me try to say it#bc I was a goody two shoes all through school#and I honestly don’t know how me and the teachers would’ve squared my reaction to that request#it’s so. it’s SO out of step with my reality#to imagine a class full of students who think I’m ‘annoying’ for thinking the weird nationalism propaganda is weird
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We were talking abt the poem in Flanders field and dad and I were struggling to think of the poets name and literally all I could remember was that he was gay
#I literally had to stop myself from saying ‘the gay poet what’s his name’#it’s Wilfred Owen. if ur curious.#also wrote dulce et decorum est#shut up alex
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Two Poems by Wilfred Owen
#poetry #war #poetrylovers #SparksofCalliope #PoetryCommunity #poems
Wilfred Owen (1893–1918) was a British poet whose powerful works provide some of the most poignant insights into the horrors of World War I. Born in Oswestry, Shropshire, England, Owen grew up in a lower-middle-class family. His early education sparked an interest in poetry, and he was influenced by Romantic poets such as John Keats. However, it was his experiences as a soldier during World War I…
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wilfred owen in that one poem
I would rather die serving cunt than die serving my country
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so long ago (like four months ago) I read this hetalia/spn crossover fic called pro patria mori and it changed me https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7967262/1/Pro-Patria-Mori
alfred (america) gets possessed and canada and japan team up with the winchesters to save the day (bc the demon is using al to absolutely wreak havoc on a national scale). it's fun because england, prussia, and the italies are the only nations who Know and england summons crowley to bitch at him and germany keeps sweeping up the salt when prussia's trying to ward the house. anyway.
the title comes from the poem 'dulce et decorum est' by wilfred owen and it's so so good https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46560/dulce-et-decorum-est
it's unfinished and I was unsatisfied so I started my own crossover fic wherein prussia and america are hunters and germany makes a stupid deal and the winchesters are like .....???? angels, demons, god, but you're telling me these loud idiots are nations?
I wanna introduce my spn friends to my decade-long obsession with personified countries
#spn#supernatural#aph hetalia#don't hate i'm not Like That#i stay in my own lane#dulce et decorum est#wilfred owen#aph america#aph prussia
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