While both are well known, Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen is not nearly as renowned as John McCrae's In Flanders Fields. Despite being the less popular, Owen's account of World
War II is significantly more compelling. For many reasons Dulce et Decorum Est is the superior poem. For example, Owen's ability to implement skillful analogies far exceeds that of McCrae. While McCrae's infamous lines “To you from failing hands we throw / The torch”
(McCrae 11-12) exemplifies successful analogy, Owen's lines “and watch the white eyes writing in his face, / Hig hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin” (Owen 19-20) are more effective in creating a mental image for the reader. This significant because one of the main goals