War is depicted in "Dulce et Decorum Est" as a cruel, violent, and meaningless loss of human life. In battle, there is no glory, and no one dies valiantly for their people, in a war there is only loss and grief. "Dulce et Decorum Est" is a poem written by Wilfred Owen during World War I, and published posthumously in 1920. The Latin title is taken from Ode 3.2 (Valor) of the Roman poet Horace and means "it is sweet and fitting". It is followed by pro patria mori, which means "to die for one's country". It is a poem about the hardships of war as seen from the eyes of a soldier fighting on the front lines of World War I. Soldiers trudging across the