Question 1

1. What piece of evidence proves that the narrator thinks it is a bad idea to say "it is sweet and honorable to die for one's country"

Accepted Answer

My friend, you would not tell with such high zest

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Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light,

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To children ardent for some desperate glory,

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In all my dreams before my helpless sight

Question 2

2. What piece of evidence proves the main problem in the poem is people being gassed?

Accepted Answer

He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

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Bent double, like old beggars under sacks

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Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots

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My friend, you would not tell with such high zest

Question 3

3. What piece of evidence shows an image of the narrator's thoughts on war?

Accepted Answer

The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est

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To children ardent for some desperate glory

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In all my dreams before my helpless sight

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Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of gas-shells dropping softly behind.

Question 4

4. What piece of evidence proves that the soldiers are tired?

Accepted Answer

Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots

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Bitter as the cud

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In all my dreams before my helpless sight

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But someone still was yelling out and stumbling

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