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Wilfred Owen depicts a First World War gas attack and condemns a patriotic Latin saying in this poem.

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Your new ahaDulce et Decorum Est

Dulce et Decorum Est: Grim portrayal of the horrors of trench warfare. Source: Dulce et Decorum Est ↗

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