Wilfred+Owen's+Higher+Purpose

I thought that this poem was very enjoyable, but not very difficult to analyze. Dulce et Decorum est is latin for "it is glorious to die for your country", which is clearly a lie because death in war isn't glorious at all. The poem describes the pain and suffering of war, and then finally the graphic death of a soldier which only further proves that glory in death for you country does not exist. This lie was particularly supported in Nazi Germany by authority figures to teenage men, in order to get them to join the army. Today it is very different. The army is still advertised as a glorious opportunity, but not in death. It tries to make you feel like you would get stronger and get a life fulfilling experience by joining the army. Although it was not tricky at all to decipher Wilfred Owen's reasoning I will admit that it is a very important point. Propaganda like in Nazi Germany cannot be recreated under any circumstance without bad consequences.

And I appreciate the last lines, in which the poet speaks directly to young children, who are so impressionable to propaganda of all kinds. Good work.