Dulce Et Decorum Est pro pateria mori...or is it?

Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori
(Or is it?)
Despite the government's knowledge of the intense horrors of war, they persist on sending innocent soldiers onto the battlefield. Two pieces of literature used to describe these intense horrors are the novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and the poem Dulce et Decorum est by Wilfred Owen. Both authors, soldiers of WWI, write about their experience in the war and both pieces of work convey a strong meaning and persuasive argument. In both the novel and the poem, there is a theme of patriotism that the soldiers show b…