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…showed last 75 words of 605 total…to war through the use of the rhetorical situation, sensory imagery, and figurative language in his poem. Not only does he covey his own feelings through the speaker, but he also succeeds in inspiring similar feelings in his readers by forcing them to encounter the horror of war. Through all of the above devices, Owen's poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" conveys its purpose to the reader in a thunderous and powerful voice. Bibliography none necessary