Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Great Regulars: The way mustard gas affects

the respiratory system mimics drowning, and thus the speaker is accurate is portraying the dying man as a drowning victim. The speaker likens the sight as “under a green sea” denoting the way the air would look after they had been bombarded with mustard gas.

from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Owen's 'Dulce et Decorum Est'

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