Dulce et Decorum Est

Owen describes the "hanging" face of one soldier as "like a devil's sick of sin." He is implying that the soldier looks so horrified and mangled by what he has suffered that he appears devilish, as...

In the poem "Dulce et Decorum Est," Owen describes a soldier as "like a man in fire or lime" to describe how the soldier's lungs were burning after inhaling poisonous gas.

"Obscene as cancer" is a form of metaphor called simile that compares two things using the words "like" or "as." Breathing in poison gas on the battlefield is here likened to a slow, painful cancer...

In "Dulce et Decorum Est," Wilfred Owen uses vivid metaphors and similes to describe the gassed soldier. He is depicted as "flound'ring like a man in fire or lime," comparing his agony to burning....

In "Dulce et Decorum Est," soldiers are compared to "old beggars under sacks," reflecting their physical burden and homelessness, and to "coughing hags," highlighting their illness from trench...