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Why Did Wilfred Owen Call the Line from Horace-"Dulce Et

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Why did Wilfred Owen call the line from Horace-"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" ("Sweet and fitting it is to die for one's country")-an "old Lie"? What does this line say about the role of nationalism in the war and the experience of the common soldier?


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