Wilfred Owen$$s $$Dulce et Decorum Est$$ is a powerfully moving poem$--$as it gives its readers an immediate and close$-$up view of war. The Latin quotation from Horace at the end of the poem is translated as follows: $"$It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country." The notes also tell us that Wilfred Owen served in WWI and died during the war. $($The poem was published posthumously.$)$

Owen calls Horace's statement "the old lie." What do you think he means by this? analyze the poem.