Highlights of the First World War Poetry Digital Archive: Dulce et Decorum Est with revisions by Siegfried Sassoon
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Dulce et Decorum Est with revisions by Siegfried Sassoon
Here is a manuscript variant of 'Dulce et Decorum Est' which includes markings and revisions by Sassoon. Note how Owen changed the word to describe the effects of mustard gas from 'gargling' to 'guttering' for poetic effect.
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Highlights of the First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Follow the path to see some of the archive's highlights.
