When the poet uses the word "you" he is referring to the Roman poet Horace, who was the author of the phrase "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori."
The poet considers this phrase a great illusion and to emphasize how much it is not true, the author refers to it as a "Lie" using the L capital to emphasize the level of deception.
We can arrive at these answers through the following information:
- The poem is a major critique of the phrase "Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori," written by Horace.
- That's because the phrase says that dying to protect the homeland is a sweet and pleasant experience.
- The poet claims that this is a lie because war is a terrible and traumatizing situation.
- The poet survived World War I and presents his experience of seeing his fellow combatants dying during the war.
- He claims that hurting for a homeland is ugly, depressing, agonizing, and terrible, contrary to what Horace claimed.
The author was so disgusted by Horace's phrase that he claims it is a big lie, a deception, promoted by someone who has never been in the war.
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