He uses the active voice in the line "Poured it down shell-holes till the veins ran dry" to illustrate how the loss of his life was his own fault, as he "threw away his knees", that is, signed up willingly for the Army, falling for propaganda claims, and not every knowing who his enemy was. ...

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The war suddenly seeming ironically similar to the soldier in Disabled, (who) liked "a smear of blood down his leg to please his Meg" the poem showing at a stroke how effective the recruiting offices were in their quest for blood that would be "poured down shell-holes." 4) The postcard in source E, is atypical of the type of censorship that existed at the front to maintain morale later in the war, as propaganda was used more extensively in order to bolster morale on the home front. ...

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