In which poem of Owen would you come across the following lines? “What passing-bells for these who die…
These lines open Wilfred Owen's Anthem for Doomed Youth. The poem replaces conventional funeral rites with the destructive sounds of the battlefield.
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In which poem of Owen would you come across the following lines?
“What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
— Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons”?
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Correct answer C
These lines open Wilfred Owen's Anthem for Doomed Youth. The poem replaces conventional funeral rites with the destructive sounds of the battlefield.
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Tamil Nadu SET (TNSET)