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

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

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

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

E. All of the above
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