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Mental cases, The Parable of the Old Man and the Young, S.I.W - Coggle…
Mental cases
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guilt
Owen is exploring in this poem the guilt felt by the whole (who are uninjured) for their part in the fate of mental cases. "Snatching after us who smote them, brother,
Pawing us who dealt them war and madness."
this ending line to the poem suggests that the ones that were fighting in this war have been left "pawing" out for enlistment in their dire situation of need
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S.I.W
self harm
abbreviation
the heading S.I.W satnding for self inflicted wounds it shows the deathly nature in which war can place on one person. the aftermaath depicted by the poem of suicide and the ever building impending death of the person as a result of going to war it demonstrates the lack of help to these ex soldiers that are suffering
impending death
structure of poem
the knowing death that comes with war is strongly shown. the foreshadowing of death with the stanzas getting shorter and shorter as the poem goes longer demonstrates the road to death and the duration of life being shortened after war takes a toll on a human.
Hell on earth
repetition
the repetition of the word fire " curtained with fire, roofed in which creeping fire, slow grazing fire" uses fire to represent hell. the use of hell means that earth a place that is meant to be lively has turned into a place of anger and everlasting damage aka buring. additionally the feeling of burin gin inside the body was one that got to the point which was not bearable hence the title S.I.W