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... him and he at me, And killed him in his place. "I shot him dead because – Because he was my foe, Just so – my foe of course he was; That's clear enough; although "He thought he'd 'list perhaps, Off-hand like – just as I – Was out of work – had sold his traps – No other reason why. "Yes; quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down You'd treat if met where any bar is, Or help to half-a-crown." Both “Dulce Et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen and “The man He Killed” by Thomas Hardy have the same theme (War-Show the bad side of war). Both poets used the same speaker which was the soldier. In addition to that both poets speak a bout war in a negative way. How do both poems picture war?? In “Dulce Et Decorum Est” the speaker shows the number of soldiers that suffer in war. Soldiers see their best friends die because of the gas attacks. Men are scrambling to prepare themselves, but some soldiers are not that quick so the gas gets them and then other soldiers see their friends dying in front of them and they are unable to help them and the only thing they can do is watch them die of pain. His poem explains how all the young men die in war and it was something noble (heroic deaths). The reality was quite different; They were dying terrible deaths. Owen wanted to throw the war in the face of the reader to illustrate how inhumane war really is. He explains in his poem that people will encourage you to fight for your country, but, in reality, fighting for your country is simply throwing yourself to an unnecessary death. The title of the poem means “it is sweet and becoming to die” and then Owen continues his poem by ending that the title is really a lie. The poem is filled with powerful imagery and irony. War is not worth it. Wilfred Owen involves a tragic war situation. This poem is extremely effective as an anti war poem making war seem absolutely horrible as the poet wanted it to be. The language in this poem is simple but the first stanza seems to be heavy because of the words he used (sludge- trudge- marched- limped) then the three last stanzas appear to be easier. The rhyme scheme of the poem is (abab-cdcd-efef-ghgh). But, in “The Man He Killed” Thomas Hardy, demonstrates the conflict that wells up in side a soldiers mind and heart as he attempts to justify the killing of a man (soldier) similar to himself. Hardy’s soldier is a friendly person who enjoys spending time with others over a drink. His sudden entry into war leads him to a situation where every man must take care of himself. Learning to see his friend as (a victim) an enemy becomes something confusing. The author's main point in this poem is that, as much as we can try to justify the killing of someone who might otherwise be our friend, war can never be justified and leaves many lifelong scars. But he is a very friendly fellow who enjoys a drink with his neighbors in an “old ancient inn.” From this description, the soldier appears to be an outgoing person who never imagined he would be in a war. Hardy has his soldier to illustrate this similarity...