“Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen unexpectedly recited by Christopher Hitchens in an interview

The poem was published posthumously, in 1920.
Its Latin title is from a verse written by the Roman poet Horace:
‘Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori’ ..
In English, meaning “It is sweet and proper to die for one’s country”.
The poem is one of Owen’s most renowned works, known for its horrific imagery and implied condemnation of war ..
The poem:
https:// www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46560/dulce-et-decorum-est
“Dulce et Decorum Est” from “Poems”, ed. by Siegfried Sassoon …

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