Comparison essay: "Dulce et Decorum Est" and "The Soldier" "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen and "The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke are two poems about war. The two poets have different attitudes to war. They use similar and different techniques and ideas to convey there attitudes to war. The pace of "Dulce Decorum Est" is similar in some ways to "The Soldier" but is also very different in others. The pace of "The Soldier" …showed first 75 words of 869 total…

…showed last 75 words of 869 total…metaphor tells that people were so tired they were hunching as if they were beggars who were carrying sacks. This gives us a very negative image. Wilfred Owen and Rupert Brooke use very similar techniques, but they convey complete opposite attitudes and tone. They use pace, imagery, language and structure. Wilfred Owen uses these techniques to convey a negative attitude towards war whereas Rupert Brooke uses these techniques to convey a positive attitude towards war.