... him was as edifying as seeing a dog in the parody of breeches and a feather hat walking on his hind legs. A few months of training had done for that really fine chap- (38). Here, Marlow talks about how a sailor as trained to follow orders. He compares it to a dog that has been dressed up in clothes and a hat, and ordered to walk ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... Details'. In this poem, Sassoon shows his resentment towards the officers by describing them drinking in the best hotels, and reading the names of those who died, saying 'poor young chap ... I used to know his father well' and saying 'yes, we've lost heavily in this last scrap'. The poem is finished with the lines "and when the war is done ... ...

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