Dulce et Decorum Est

What is the following an example of?

'like old beggars under sacks'

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Description

• Onomatopoeia

What does 'coughing like hags' tell us?

• Someone is coughing somewhere.

• The soldiers' masculinity means nothing now.

• There are old ladies amongst the soldiers.

• The soldiers are pretending to be women.

What is the title?

• Sarcasm!

• Dramatic Irony!

• A joke!

• Super serious.

Why do the gas shells drop 'softly behind'?

• Because the soldiers are acclimatised to the sounds of war.

• Because the soldiers are too fatigued to notice them.

• Because they are very quiet bombs.

• Because the soldiers have literally gone deaf.

Why does the second stanza start like this? 'Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!'

• To be different.

• To carry on the plot of the poem.

• To shock the reader.

• To display to the reader how quickly things happen during war.

Why has the poet used the verb 'flound’ring'?

• To refer to a fish out of water.

• Because they watched The Little Mermaid one time.

• Because it has negative connotations.

• To contribute to the extended metaphor of drowning/water.

Which poem could the following link to? 'In all my dreams before my helpless sight'

• Remains

• Poppies

• War Photographer

What could the 'incurable sores on innocent tongues' be a reference to?

• Syphillis.

• The Plague.

• An illness.

• Death.

Which theme does the words 'The old Lie' fit in to?

• Anti-war sentiment

• Anger

• Patriotism

• Pro-war

Who might Owen be angry with?

• Jessie Pope.

• His dad.

• People who glorify war.

• Other war poets.