Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this poem.


In Wilfred Owen's poem "Dulce et Decorum Est," the speaker describes "the hoots of the gas shells," as if the gas shells are human beings capable of calling out.


What effect does this personification have on the description?

AIt implies that the gas shells are an advanced type of weapon for their era.

BIt suggests that the panicking soldiers are hearing things that aren't there.

CIt creates the feeling that the deadly weapons are mocking their victims.

DIt implies that when the soldiers are killed, only the weapons will be alive.