All Wilfred Owenss poems seem to rhyme. The ends of the alternate lines rhyme in most all of hispoems for example in The send off The 1st line ends in way and the 3rd in gay. This is repeatedwith other rhyming words all through the poem. On the 7th and 9th lines the rhyme is tramp andcamp. In Ducle et decorum est we can see the same format of rhyming. The end of eachalternate line rhymes i.e. the ends of the 1st and 3rd lines in this case sacks and backs, and the endof the 9th and 10th lines fumbling and stumbling. Both these poems were written in the 1st world war and are by the author Wilfred Owenwho died seven days before the end of the first world war. Both suggest that the out come of thewar was grim for the vast majority of solders who if they came home at all would ether returnhome dead or injured. Death seems to be mentioned a lot in Wilfred Owens poems for example the title ofDucle et decorum est in an English translation means It is sweet and fitting to die for onescountry. Throughout the poem more pictures are painted of death and funerals e.g. As under a green sea I saw him drowning. He plunges at me guttering, choking, drowning From the next quotes we can see that Wilfred Owen must have suffered from nightmares aboutthe war and the trenches. He says In all my dreams before my helpless sight He plunges at me guttering, choking, drowning If in some smothering dreams you too could pace Behind the wagon that we flung him in Pictures of death are also painted in the poem The send-off and I think that Wilfred Owen istrying to put forward the idea that when you are sent off you never come back. A few, a few too few for drums and yells, may creep back silent to village wells The quote below shows us that Wilfred Owen saw The send-off as a funeral. The quote leadsyou to get the impression that death is mocking the flowers and spray and turning them intoflowers and spray for funerals. Nor there if they yet mock what women meant Who...
