Dulce et Decorum Est

Like old beggars
1. Dirty, clothes ruined, result of hardships
Coughing like hags
1. Unwell, aged before their time
Cursed
1. Resenting every move
Sludge
1. Heavy, slow, torturous
Trudge
1. Heavy and slow
Men marched asleep
1. Robotic, zombie like
Blod-shod
1. Congealed blood on feet
Drunk with fatigue
1. Men 1/2 asleep, loss of senses
Gas! Gas!
1. Short, shouts, pace speeds up, urgency
Ecstasy of fumbling
1. Adrenaline excitement, panic, rush
Clumsy helmets
1. Transferred epithet, no time
Man in fire or lime
1. Burning from inside
Green sea...drowning
1. Huge amount, POV, image extended
In all my dreams
1. Image reappears, haunts him
Guttering, choking, drowning
1. Onomatoepia, present participles, hear him
Flung him in
1. No sensitivity or time
White eyes writhing
1. Last pain shown in face
Like a devil's sick of sin
1. Gruesome, devil master of evil so horrible
Froth-corrupted lungs
1. Graphic, crime, evil
Obscene as cancer
1. Awful, gruesome comparisons
Desperate glory
1. Want to be part of it, honoured
The old lie
1. Owen seen true horrors, injustice, nothing noble about this death

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	Created by shona.doyle10 over 10 years ago