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To children ardent for some desperate glory,The old Lie: Dulce et decorum estPro patria mori.
As Owen takes a bitter tome in this stanza, he continues using horrific and disgusting images. He wants the reader to agree that war is wrong, and he does this by abseloutely degrading, humiliating, and surreal the destruction of the human body can be. The word choice for "children" reminds the reader of th young age of the soldiers. Makes the reader feel sympathy that they will not get the chance to grow old.
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To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.
As Owen takes a bitter tome in this stanza, he continues using horrific and disgusting images. He wants the reader to agree that war is wrong, and he does this by abseloutely degrading, humiliating, and surreal the destruction of the human body can be. The word choice for "children" reminds the reader of th young age of the soldiers. Makes the reader feel sympathy that they will not get the chance to grow old.
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