What event is crucial to the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est”?

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Wilfred Owen: Poems

What event is crucial to the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est”?

British troops are attacked with cannon fire.
The speaker descends into an underground tunnel.
A soldier foresees his own death.
British troops are attacked with poison gas.

Asked by User #407710 on 4/29/2016 4:39 PM

Last updated by judy t #197809 on 4/29/2016 5:16 PM

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Answered by judy t #197809 on 4/29/2016 5:16 PM

British troops are attacked with poison gas. The effects of that gas and the ways in which the chemical weapons affect the soldiers are the focus of much of the poem.

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