The poem Dulce et Decorum Est ends with the following lines: My friend, you would not tell with such high zest/To children ardent for some desperate glory,/The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est/ Pro patria mori. Which of the following statements best describes these lines ?

A. In these lines, Brooke seeks to bridge the gap between individual experience and cultural norms and beliefs.

B. distance between the ideals ofWestern civilization and its realities.

C. Brookes inclusion of a quotation from Horace in these lines serves to emphasize

D. These lines suggest the authors anger and disillusionment with cultural norms which glorify war.

E. All of the above

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