Original sentence: "  The writer Will Heaven said that the poem denies that death in war is "sweet and proper" ("dulce et decorum") but does not deny that they died for their country ("pro patria mori")." Owen's poem is again referenced when Duffy writes "Dulce — No — Decorum — No — Pro patria mori.It was commissioned by the BBC to mark the deaths of Henry Allingham and Harry Patch, two of the last surviving British veterans from the First World War, and was first broadcast on the the BBC Radio 4 programme Today on 30 July 2009, the date of Allingham's funeral.The poem begins with two lines from the poem Dulce et Decorum Est by the First World War poet Wilfred Owen: ""In all my dreams, before my helpless sight / He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.The poem was generally well-received, with one commentator saying that it was "simply a damn good poem with rich imagery, cinematic movement and poignant ending
Edited sentence: "  The writer Will Heaven said that the poem denies that death in war is "sweet and proper" (dulce et decorum) but does not deny that they died for their country (pro patria mori).It was commissioned by the BBC to mark the deaths of Henry Allingham and Harry Patch, the last two surviving British veterans from the First World War, and was first broadcast on the the BBC Radio 4 programme Today on 30 July 2009, the date of Allingham's funeral.Owen's poem is again referenced when Duffy writes "Dulce — No — Decorum — No — Pro patria mori.The poem begins with two lines from the poem Dulce et Decorum Est by the First World War poet Wilfred Owen:.The poem was generally well received, with one commentator saying that it was "simply a damn good poem with rich imagery, cinematic movement and poignant ending