If you could feel, with every gasp, the blood that gargles from the lungs corrupted by the foam, obscene as cancer, bitter as the rum of cowards, incurable sores on innocent tongues , my friend, you would not tell with such enthusiasm to children greedy for some desperate glory, the ancient lie: dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. But to those returning from the war it seemed as if they had never left. The poem Mental Cases has the speaker observe repatriated soldiers who have been committed to a mental institution. In the first stanza of the mental cases, the subjects are objectified with the use of "these", "them", and "them". This is to challenge the speaker to think about what might have caused their conditions, and since the subjects are unnamed, it extends to the fact that there is more than one returned soldier like this. Good morning (afternoon) my disciplinary colleagues, these words from Wilfred Owen, who helped shape our understanding of the human condition, our understanding of the realities of war and whose horrific deaths were experienced and witnessed by soldiers of the First World War. Known as one of the most important poets of the First World War. Owen's poem Dulce et Decorum Est, which speaks of the horrors of trench warfare and gas, is widely used to counter public perceptions of warfare of that era. The speaker describes these soldiers as "shadows" swaying in the twilight. As described by the first 2 lines. Although the severity is amplified in the rest of the verse. With a description like “Tongues dropping from the jaws,” it shows how demented these soldiers have become due to the trauma they experienced. Further effects of witnessing the horrors of war are also felt in the sixth verse: "Once these abysses have been dug around the... center of the paper... decorum est Pro patria mori, It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. Even if in this case those soldiers wouldn't think so. (Concluding Wilfred Owen's backstory) That said, this poem by Owens was primarily addressed to those who rallied the young Englishmen, who urged them to fight for personal glory and national honor. However, if they could have witnessed the physical agony or experienced the emotional trauma felt by the speaker, their opinions would have changed. Because death is not glorious or honorable and it is not even war. With extraordinarily unique, influential and enduring works of poetry, his testimonies of the horrors of the First World War that affected an entire generation of young people will never be forgotten in the English language.