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An example of similes in Dulce Decorum Est is in the first line: 'Bent double, like old beggars under sacks' this suggests that soldiers are so tired that they can be compared to old beggars Hope that helps
The troops involved included Continentals under Benedict Arnold and Connecticut Militia under Ethan Allen called tht Green Mountain Boys.
Mostly clear.If you hold up a glass of sea water, it's usually clear, just like tap water. The sea looks blue under a blue sky, grey under a grey sky etc because it is reflecting that colour. If you look through a long distance of sea water it often has a green tinge.
The "rainbow herbicides" were a group of powerful chemicals which were authorized for use by the Kennedy Administration under the code name: Operation: Ranch Hand, they got their names from the stripes that were painted on their barrels, orange stripe = Agent Orange, green = Agent Green etc, they did their job, but they contain dioxin which has caused a lot of still births and deformities in children in Vietnam till this day.
The Green Tavern was the place where the Sons of Liberty meet to plan the Boston Tea Party. Another location where the Sons of Liberty liked to meet was under the Liberty Tree in Hanover Square or under the Liberty Pole in New York.
An example of similes in Dulce Decorum Est is in the first line: 'Bent double, like old beggars under sacks' this suggests that soldiers are so tired that they can be compared to old beggars Hope that helps
"Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen portrays the horrors of war, particularly through vivid imagery and a biting critique of the glorification of war. Owen uses powerful descriptions to convey the physical and emotional toll that soldiers face on the battlefield, ultimately challenging the idea that it is sweet and honorable to die for one's country. This anti-war sentiment is underscored by the poem's emotional impact and realistic depictions of warfare.
The simile "bent double like old beggars" in 'Dulce et Decorum Est' is effective as it conveys the physical toll of war on soldiers, emphasizing their exhaustion and suffering. It provides a vivid image of their weakened state and creates a sense of empathy in the reader towards the harsh realities of war.
Dulce et decorum est Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,Till on the haunting flares we turned our backsAnd towards our distant rest began to trudge.Men marched asleep. Many had lost their bootsBut limped on , blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hootsOf tried, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind. Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!--An ecstasy of fumbling,Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;But someone still was yelling out and stumbling,And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime . . .Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light,As under a green sea, I saw him drowning. In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning. If in some smothering dreams you too could paceBehind the wagon that we flung him in,And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;If you could hear, at every jolt, the bloodCome gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cudOf vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,--My friend, you would not tell with such high zestTo children ardent for some desperate glory,The old Lie: Dulce et decorum estPro patria mori. Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) Dulce et decorum est Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,Till on the haunting flares we turned our backsAnd towards our distant rest began to trudge.Men marched asleep. Many had lost their bootsBut limped on , blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hootsOf tried, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind. Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!--An ecstasy of fumbling,Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;But someone still was yelling out and stumbling,And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime . . .Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light,As under a green sea, I saw him drowning. In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning. If in some smothering dreams you too could paceBehind the wagon that we flung him in,And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;If you could hear, at every jolt, the bloodCome gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cudOf vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,--My friend, you would not tell with such high zestTo children ardent for some desperate glory,The old Lie: Dulce et decorum estPro patria mori. Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)
drowning?
Suffocating under water (drowning)
Something that keeps you from drowning or "going under".
Went under is used to mean they have failed, as in drowning. A business that went under is one that has closed or gone bankrupt.
Drowning as a result of falling overboard
I think that they go under your body.And lift you up to the surface
Drowning
Breaths Under the surface In the depths I could have died