Here is, in this poem, an example of irony, of a really comparatively simple kind.

这里有一首诗，就是讽刺的手法，是一首相对简单的手法。

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Finally, Milton's poem is late by virtue of the simple fact that it's written in the form of an epic. An epic might have seemed like a great idea when Milton was nineteen, but by the time Milton gets actually around to writing it, it's an entirely superannuated, utterly outdated form.

最后，弥尔顿这么晚才写这首诗是因为,这是一首史诗，在弥尔顿19岁的时候,写首史诗看起来可能是个好主意，但到了弥尔顿真正要写的时候，史诗已经是一种完全落伍过时的诗体了。

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Dulce et Decorum Est" is a great poem but the kind of irony that it puts forward is, I think, a simple one.

Dulce，et，Decorum，Est“是一首伟大的诗,不过欧文所用的讽刺在诗中却是一目了然的。

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