The title is the last line of the poem "Dulce es Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen which means "it is sweet and honourable to die for one's country." The poem is told by a soldier in WW1 watching a fellow soldier die from being gassed. These words are delivered ironically as the soldier watches the horror of war and sees how pointless to die for one's country it really is.
http://www.english.emory.edu/LostPoets/Dulce.html
The title is the last line of the poem "Dulce es Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen which means "it is sweet and honourable to die for one's country." The poem is told by a soldier in WW1 watching a fellow soldier die from being gassed. These words are delivered ironically as the soldier watches the horror of war and sees how pointless to die for one's country it really is. http://www.english.emory.edu/LostPoets/Dulce.html