War has always served as an object of ardent discussions and reflections among politicians, philosophers, and theologians. People of art have not stood aside, which has brought about a number of paintings, books, movies, and other pieces representing or examining war. The poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen is considered as one of the most powerful images of war ever created by a poet. In his work, Owen condemns those who do not get involved in the deadly fight by themselves, but. At the same time, encourage others to do so. Bob Dylan’s famous song, “Masters of War,” has a similar meaning. Both Owen and Dylan express the emotions of disgust and hatred towards war through the use of word choice and poetic forms, such as emphatic structures, similes, repetitions, and word choice. In the time dimension, there is a gap of several decades between the poem and the song. Owen wrote “Dulce et Decorum Est” at the end of the 1910s, whereas Dylan created “Masters of War” in 1963 (Araujo 326; Førland 340). Still, despite half a century between them, the two pieces have much in common in terms of the authors’ choice of stylistic devices for conveying their views. There are instances of similes in both writings, which Owen and Dylan employ to describe soldiers and those sending them to war, respectively. With the help of similes, Owen depicts those returning home from war “like old beggars under sacks (1) and “like a man in fire or lime” (12). Meanwhile, Dylan uses similes “Like it’s your little toy” (12) and “Like Judas of old” (17) to describe the rulers who send young men to participate in atrocious battles. The moral connection between the poem and the song is evident. Dylan’s criticism of capitalists who are ready to do anything to become richer is reflected in Owen’s description of how those exploited for such enrichment look after the war is over. The word choice in the song and poem is similar to a great extent, although Owen’s vocabulary is much more sophisticated than Dylan’s. Still, there are some striking parallels between the two pieces, the closest one being in the description of young soldiers’ bodies upon being wounded. In Owen’s poem, it is mentioned that “Many had lost their boots, / But limped on, blood-shod” (5-6). In Dylan’s song, the masters of war hide at the time “young people’s blood / Flows out of their bodies / And is buried in the mud” (30-32). Thus, both authors make an emphasis on how bloody the war is. They show that many young people suffer unjustly, not quite sure what they are fighting for, and why they have to lose their health and lives. A prominent place in both pieces is given to repetitions. In Owen’s poem, there is one instance of consecutive repetition: “Gas! GAS!” (9). Dylan repeats some phrases at the beginning or in the middle of several successive lines: “You that build” (2-4), “You that hide behind” (5-6), “I see through” (21-23), “You might say” (41-44). Although the structure of repetitions is different in the poem and the song, both authors pursue the same goal: the reiteration helps them to intensify certain ideas in the written pieces. Another common issue pertaining to the poem and song is the men