The Following Is an Excerpt from Wilfred Owen's Poem "Dulce

question 16

Multiple Choice

The following is an excerpt from Wilfred Owen's poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" (Evaluating the Evidence 25.1) . It describes the death of a soldier by poison gas: "If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs
Bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,-
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori. [It is sweet and fitting to die / For one's country.]"
Owen's poem can be read as a critique of

• A)the military strategies of the leading generals.
• B)the patriotic fervor that accompanied the war.
• C)the conduct of British soldiers.
• D)pacifists and other opponents of the war.

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