Essay Grade: C. Although the poems "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen and "The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke share the writer's elements of passion and subjectivity, they differ in tone , theme and literary devices. The lyric poem “The Soldier” was written before the World War and thus presents a. By Dr. Oliver Tearle "Dulce et Decorum Est" or, to give the full expression: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, Latin for "it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country." patria is where we get our word “patriotic”. ' Since. The expression has its origins in the Roman poet Horace, but in "Dulce et Decorum Est", Wilfred Owen 1893-1918,