"Dulce et Decorum Est" uses a great deal of visual imagery with the speaker describing the men as "shod in blood" and the appearance of a dying man in a "thick green light", while. Wilfred Owen's poem, Dulce et Decorum Est, takes its title and ends with Horace's phrase Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, it is sweet and right to die for the good of one's country, a. The poem Dulce et Decorum Est is an important anti-war poem written by Wilfred Owen about the events surrounding the First World War. Owen served as a lieutenant during the war and felt the pain of the soldiers and the real truth behind the war. In the poem he creates a hierarchical division of events. First, he discusses the general: One poem that made a vivid impression on me was “Dulce et Decorum est” by Wilfred Owen. “Dulce et Decorum est” is a first-hand account of the horror of war, written when many people believed that dying for one's country was noble and heroic.