... could hear, at every jolt, the blood come gargling from the froth - corrupted lungs?. He wants us to experience what he went through using our sense of hearing, hence the onomatopoeia of gargling he wants us to hear and really witness their horror. Owen in this poem portrays war as something that leaves deep mental scars as well as physical ones ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School