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The sentry - Coggle Diagram
The sentry
Literary devices
Allusion
The poem makes allusion to the first world war and specifically to the sentry soldiers which were in charge to gaurd a specific spot by all means... even their death
Topography
Inside the poem the reader is capable off imagine the place and the background that the author is portraying.
Alliteration
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Of old Boche bombs, and mud in ruck on ruck.
"I can't," he sobbed. Eyeballs, huge-bulged like squids
Simile:
“Eyeballs, huge-bulged like squids“: Is the only simile Owen uses in this poem and consequently stands out (as the sentry’s eyeballs were protruded by the explosion).
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Foreshadowing
And said if he could see te least blurred light he was not blind, in time he’d get all right. I can’t stop
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Imagery
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Eyeballs, huge bulged like squids
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