"Dulce et Decorum Est"
This poem is clearly about experience during war. It isn't explicitly stated, but the author discusses gas, flares, bullets, and other perils evolved The speaker is talking about experiences of tradgedy and despair during war. Dulce et decorum est is Latin for 'it is sweet and right' and in the end the author makes the point that this saying is a lie because he has experienced all of the negativity and destruction war has brought.
"Next to of Course God America I"
This is another poem of war and destruction. In the poem the speaker is referencing things in America that we may see as happy, symbolic, or patriotic and pairing with them cases of destruction and turmoil we have cause. It makes you think about how we don't like to acknowledge our past not so nice actions that have ruined other.
if the people that fight for us die trying then they can't tell about what goes on
"AD"
AD was another war like poem. It's title alone had multiple meanings, 'after death' or possibly 'advertisement'. The words in italics is what the real ad would really say. It is making the job of taking others lives sound appealing to prospective soldiers. It is a version of war propaganda.
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