The poem goes deeply into detail by describing some of the horrible aspects of war that many young men and women are not prepared to face. This image could, quite possibly, be what many young adults may have to confront very soon in their lives as they prepare to head overseas to Iraq. As with every generation of soldiers that head into a war, they will have to face the unexpected. Wilfred Owen was so appalled by some of his experiences in war that he exclaims in his poem that “a devil’s sick of sin” (l. 20). This phrase means that the events in war are so repulsive and immoral that a devil would be sick from them.

Another factor that many in the armed forces may be unprepared for is chemical warfare. The damaging, long-term effects of such harmful gasses described in the poem are so inhumane that no one could possibly be prepared to face the conseque

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