Critical evaluation of the poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen. "Choose a poem which genuinely shocked you, Explain how the authors techniques aroused this emotion in you"

In today's society there are many different styles and strengths of writing. Poems which are short and to the point can be the hardest hitting and the best at delivering a message. 'Dulce et Decorum Est' by Wilfred Owen is one such poem which genuinely shocked me. Unusually, the author of this poem was actually a soldier in the war.
The main point Owen tries to convey in this poem is the sheer horror of war, which is quite shocking.
In the first stanza Owen describes the men and the condition they are in and through his language shows that the soldiers deplore the conditions. Owen then mov…