Dulce et Decorum Est

I really enjoyed this poem. Dulce et Decorum Est displays the truth about war; everyone is always idolizing it and making war seem like a worthy cause to die for. While, at times, it is a worthy cause to die for, war is over glorified. In the first two stanzas of the poem, Wilfred Owen shares his experience with the audience, making the audience realize the true horrors of war; he is stating that after his experience, it is not "sweet and becoming to die for one's country" I enjoyed this poem because there are elements in the poem that seem beautiful and therefor, "unpoetic". His "beautiful" in the poem is not the textbook version;instead,  his word choice and description make the poem hauntingly beautiful.