“Dulce et Decorum Est” Short assignment

John Stann

ERH 205WX

4/1/19

HR: Spell Check, Grammar Check, “Dulce et Decorum Est”

Changes:

One important change that was made in Owen’s poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” was in the second stanza.  In an earlier version, there is a line where the poem mentions gulping and wondering if the shells that landed were gas shells or duds and loosening masks in case the shells were gas.  In the final version he removes this and this was a good change. The poem runs smoother without the added lines.

Another change that he made that is small but important is in the first stanza.  He originally put “Clawing” for the line “Till on the haunting flares” and haunting just feels and seems more relevant then Clawing. How do you claw a flare?