Which line in these excerpts best explains how war changes soldiers?
Youâve heard me, scornful, harsh, and discontented,
Mocking and loathing War: youâve asked me why
Of my old, silly sweetness Iâve repentedâ
My ecstasies changed to an ugly cry.
(Siegfried Sassoon, âPoet as Heroâ)
If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues
(Wilfred Owen, âDulce Et Decorum Estâ)