Dulce et Decorum Est

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  • Created on: 22-09-16 22:45
simile
"...like old beggars under sacks"
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simile
"coughing like hags"
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alliteration
"knock-kneed"
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metaphor
" we cursed through sludge"
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metaphor
"Men marched asleep"
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metaphor
" blood-shod"
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metaphor
"drunk with fatigue"
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onomatopoeia
"hoots"
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personification
"tired, outstripped Five-Nines"
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metaphor
"an ecstasy of fumbling"
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personification
"clumsy hemets"
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simile
"..flound'ring like a man in fire or lime"
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simile
"As under a green sea"
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onomatopoeia
"guttering"
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personification
"smothering dreams"
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simile
"..like a devil's sick of sin"
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onomatopoeia
"gargling"
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simile
"obscene as cancer"
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simile
"bitter as the cud"
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metaphor
"children"
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negative connotation
"choking"
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negative connotation
"drowning"
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negative connotation
"old beggars"
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negative connotation
"hags"
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negative connotation
"lame" "blind"
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negative connotation
'helpless"
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negative connotation
"smothering"
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negative connotation
"writhing"
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negative connotation
"vile, incurable sores"
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negative connotation
"desperate"
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Card 2

Front

"coughing like hags"

Back

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Card 3

Front

"knock-kneed"

Back

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Card 4

Front

" we cursed through sludge"

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

"Men marched asleep"

Back

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