This poem has moved me since I first came across it in college back in the 80's. Thanks for giving it well-deserved attention. Great analysis! "an ecstasy of fumbling," "[a devil] sick of sin," and [pacing behind the wagon that they] ""flung him in" are among the finest evocative poetic expressions I know of. The fact that Owen died just a week before the war ended is almost too much. I wonder if soldiers on both sides are reading translations of this in Ukraine?...
This poem has moved me since I first came across it in college back in the 80's. Thanks for giving it well-deserved attention. Great analysis! "an ecstasy of fumbling," "[a devil] sick of sin," and [pacing behind the wagon that they] ""flung him in" are among the finest evocative poetic expressions I know of. The fact that Owen died just a week before the war ended is almost too much. I wonder if soldiers on both sides are reading translations of this in Ukraine?...
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Line 13 sea full of danger
Lack of repreive of the soldiers
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Alters the rhthmical lines
Guttering choking drowning
Thing curdlse trudge onometopiia consonance
Sacks coughing
Devil sick of din