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" Dulce et Decorum Est " is a poem written by Wilfred Owen during World War I, and published posthumously in 1920. Its Latin title is from a verse written by the Roman poet Horace: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. [3] . In English, this means "it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country". [4] .
'Dulce et Decorum Est' by Wilfred Owen, challenging romantic notions of war, is a robust anti-war poem that makes the reader face the petrifying harrowing truths of war with graphic imagery and blood-curdling nuances.
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And watch the white eyes writhing in his face, His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin; If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood. Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud. Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,—.
Priestley wrote An Inspector Calls at top speed during the last winter of the Second World War, 1944-5. Victory was now inevitable, but the climactic events of 1945 – the death of Hitler, the A-bomb, Labour’s landslide election victory – were still in the future.
In this ghastly masquerade, All disguised, even to the eyes, Like Bishops, lawyers, peers, or spies. Last came Anarchy: he rode. On a white horse, splashed with blood; He was pale even to the...
Fire & Blood is a fantasy book by American writer George R. R. Martin and illustrated by Doug Wheatley. It tells the history of House Targaryen, the dynasty that ruled the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros in the backstory of his series A Song of Ice and Fire. [2] .
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Fire & Blood is a complete history of House Targaryen written by George R. R. Martin. Although originally planned for publication after the completion of A Song of Ice and Fire , [4] Martin revealed his intent to publish the history in two volumes after the material had grown too large.
