Dulce decorum est Flashcards
1
Q
bent double like old beggars under sacks knock knee coughing like hags
A
they are now weak and desperate
mentally + physically damaged
2
Q
as under a green sea, i saw him drowning
A
his friend seems to be drowning as he cannot breathe through the gas
3
Q
in all my dreams before my helpless sight he plunges at me guttering choking drowning
A
this shifts the poem to the present
metaphorically the soldiers life is being extinguished like a candle flame
