Dulce Et Docorum Est by Wilfred OwenThe First World War poet Wilfred Owen wrote two poems named “Dulce Et Decorum Est” and “Disabled”. The main recurring themes in both poems are those of the pain and futility of war, as well as the crime committed against young soldiers. The beginning and end of these two poems connect these ideas through the use of contrasting imagery and language features. The poem “Disabled” begins by describing a physically and mentally destroyed soldier, clearly the result of war, welcoming the darkness to come and end his misery. taking him away. The image of a “wheelchair” implies that he is disabled and probably dependent on others. Without legs, sewn short at the elbow” further implies the character’s disability. Wilfred Owen describes it as a "horrible gray suit" painting the portrait of a colorless and lifeless man, an idea which is reflected in the use of the word gruesome, which the reader can easily confuse with "ghostly". “The boys' voices were sad” reminds him of the good old days when he was like them, playing and having fun. The language used in this description of these boys carries very positive connotations, "play and fun", unlike the boring words used to describe the wounded soldier. Night fell too quickly for these boys who were forced to end their games and retreat inside, unlike the soldier who welcomed the nightfall. The two contrasting phrases are used as a juxtaposition and establish the main theme of the poem, namely Owen's resentment and anger towards those back home who organized the war, and the sympathy he had towards the young men who had their life. Throughout the poem, Wilfred Owen illustrates how an injury on the football field would be met with glory and pride, knowing that you had put your body on the line for your team, but an injury on the battlefield was neither glorious nor fulfilling. Once, he liked to have a stain of blood on his leg, after the matches carried at shoulder height... Some applauded him at home, but not like the crowd cheered the goal, only a solemn man who brought him fruit thanked him. The poem then returns to the immobilized soldier, who, because of the destruction of war, had become an object incapable of fending for himself, once a very competent athlete, now reduced to a wheelchair. This ties in with the first idea introduced in the poem of children having their childhood and potential lives stolen by war...