In the poem, Owen’s graphic diction and irregular, slow lines gave the the poem the sense of how slow the war moved, and how no man should ever experience it. The narrator starts the poem off “Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,/ knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through the sludge,” (1-2). This gave strong images of men during the war struggling each day to stay alive. Next,
In the poem, Owen’s graphic diction and irregular, slow lines gave the the poem the sense of how slow the war moved, and how no man should ever experience it. The narrator starts the poem off “Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,/ knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through the sludge,” (1-2). This gave strong images of men during the war struggling each day to stay alive. Next,