Firstly, Owen uses imagery effectively in disabled to stir the readers' emotions by picturing how the disabled soldier feels after returning from war. Owen starts of the first stanza by saying "he sat in a wheeled chair" this shows the readers that not only has he come back from war and lost his legs but by using the word 'wheeled' Owen is portraying to the reader how helpless this solider is as he has to be assisted by someone to even move as he has no legs or an arm. ... This man did a pointless sacrifice to help fight for his country but as shown in stanza 6 "...

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"Mourn for our daughters, Upright as statues, brave" (45) contains a simile that compares the women who suffered the atrocities to statues because statues are respected, as should be the women, and this picture is painted in the reader's mind. ... After the history lesson children run to their toys (1719) This shift takes the reader out of the speaker's position to show how lightly the horrible actions are taken because the people mentioned in the text have not thought of the individual person's suffering and do not care enough to do so. ... Connecting to this first l...

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