How does the tone of the poem change between stanzas 1 and 2, and what does that represent?
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through
sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of disappointed shells that dropped behind.
GAS! Gas! Quick boys! – An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
And floundering like a man in fire or lime. –
Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
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What is the first line of stanza 2?
Gas Gas quick boys
What difference do you see between the two stanzas?
the first stanza is more calm it just introduces us basically while stanza two is more hyper emotional, "GAS!GAS!.. WHICH COULD relate on how they were suffering form gas attacks especially "I see him drowning"
I agree. :-)
can you check stanza 4?
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