In a poem with a similar theme, the narrator sees his friend drowning "under a green sea" after hearing the yell "Gas!
This writer noted that the "holy glimmers" in the eyes of altar boys and the "pallor of girls' brows" convey more than candles and pall do in a funeral for "those who die as cattle." In a poem with a similar theme, the narrator sees his friend drowning "under a green sea" after hearing the yell "Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!" He adds that the soldiers marched "bent double, like old beggars under sacks," and condemns Horace's "old lie" that it is sweet and becoming to die for one's own country . For 10 points, name this World War I poet of "Anthem for Doomed Youth" and "Dulce et Decorum Est."
This writer noted that the "holy glimmers" in the eyes of altar boys and the "pallor of girls' brows" convey more than candles and pall do in a funeral for "those who die as cattle.
Wilfred Edward Salter {Owen}