Decorum Est

Dulce et Decorum Est is a rather misleading poem. It described the agonizing end of a nuclear scientist during the World War II, through the illustration of World War I and its infamous mustard gas. But the circumstance in which this poem was written is merely an envoy, while people are led to believe that the poem opposes the idea of an honourable death for the country, it’s real message is about life and death themselves, with the assistance of the protagonist’s very own ordeal: suffering from cancer; his guilt from the involvement in researches of nuclear weapons; as well as that of the others around him, it was made clear that one can live with dignity, but not die with it.

He presented with vision disturbances, misinterpreting colours:“Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light, As under a green sea.”; vomiting “bitter as the cud of vile”; coughing “like hags”; difficulty balancing and weakness in the legs as he ”limped on”; as well as lethargy: ”Drunk with fatigue.”wearing a protective web-like helmet “Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time” is a sign of decompressive craniectomy including. All of which suggests the involvements of a brain tumor- causing cerebral edema that calls for a

It’s safe to assume that he is in a hospital due to a craniectomy was able to be performed, and therefore there should be other cancer patients around him. While chemotherapy is administered, they fought cancer even when they were asleep, hence “men marched asleep”. One specific individual stood out, as the pain presumably became unbearable. “He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.” and “the blood come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs” are classic manifestations of severe pulmonary edema which is common in lung cancers. His eyes rolled back and appears to be “white”, “Writhing” as he choked in his own blood. He, too, was to suffer to his end, as his dignity breaks down along with his