I still have a few parts I'm unsure of. I really hope you can help me. It's urgent, especially the last paragraph n.7

1)In the second stanza, the soldiers succeed in putting on their clumsy gas masks. Someone, however, is still crying out for help, unable to move quickly and easily as if stuck in fire or lime.
2) Through the misty panes of the gas masks and the thick green light, the poet saw his friend as if he were drowning in the deadly gas.
3) The memory of his dying friend returns in his dreams, and he cannot stop them. The poet cannot help seeing his friend, plunging (?) at him as he needs help and as he is dying.
4) His friend moves towards him, guttering like a candle which is going to extinguish, choking and drowning.
In the third stanza the poet wonders if the readers can imagine walking behind a wagon into which his dying friends had been thrown once he couldn’t walk.
5) He wonders if readers can see his friend's (hanging?) face, with its skin starting to fall off and his white eyes writhing in his face. “His hanging face like a devil’s sick of sin” (I don’t know how to rephrase this).
6) He then wonders if readers can hear the gargling sound as his friend tries to breathe with all the blood in his lungs.
7) “Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud of vile, incurable sores of innocent tongues” (Can you help me rephase this?) If the reader could experience the horror of the war, he wouldn't tell his children the old lie.

1)In the second stanza, most of the soldiers succeed in putting on their clumsy gas masks. Someone, however, is still crying out for help, unable to move quickly and easily enough to put on his mask, as if he's stuck in fire or lime.

2) Through the misty green panes of the gas mask, the poet saw his friend who looked as if he were drowning in the deadly gas. [The greenish color of the panes in the eyepieces of the gas mask made everything seem green. I always imagine this as if he were about 20' under the ocean's surface where everything looks greenish.]

3) The memory of his dying friend returns in his dreams, and he cannot stop them. The poet cannot help seeing his friend, lunging at him as he asks for help and then is dying.

4) His friend moves towards him, like a guttering candle which is about to go out, choking and drowning.

In the third stanza, the poet wonders if the readers can imagine walking behind a wagon into which their dying friends had been thrown once they couldn't walk.

5) He wonders if readers can see his friend's face, with its skin starting to fall off, and his white eyes writhing.
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6) He then wonders if readers can hear the gargling sound as his friend tries to breathe through all the blood in his lungs.

7) “Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud of vile, incurable sores of innocent tongues” (<~~All those descriptions are there to emphasize how repulsive and awful the effects of gas and bombs are. I don't know that they should be rephrased. You might just refer to the obscenities of the results of war.)

If the reader could experience the horror of the war, he wouldn't tell his children the old lie that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country.

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**Have you ever seen "The Last Judgement" on the end wall in the Sistine Chapel?
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Michaelangelo is said to have painted his own face into this; see the image that looks like someone's skin has been peeled off? This is what Owen is trying to describe here: that one of the effects of this gas was that his friend's face looked as if it had been peeled off him. It's absolutely dreadful.
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1) In the second stanza, the soldiers manage to put on their cumbersome gas masks. However, there is still someone desperately calling for help, struggling to move as if trapped in a fire or covered in lime.

To understand the meaning of "stuck in fire or lime," you can try analyzing the context. Fire represents intense heat and danger, while lime is a caustic substance that can cause burning or discomfort. So, the poet is describing the person's plight as being trapped in a situation where they are unable to move freely and are experiencing great pain or danger.

2) In the midst of the foggy lenses of the gas masks and the eerie green light, the poet sees his friend as if he were drowning in the deadly gas.

To comprehend the imagery of "drowning in the deadly gas," you can perceive it as a metaphorical representation of the friend being overtaken or suffocated by the toxic fumes, similar to how one would drown in water.

3) The memory of his dying friend haunts the poet's dreams, and he cannot prevent these visions. He sees his friend rushing towards him, desperately pleading for help while on the brink of death.

In order to grasp "plunging at him," you can understand it as his friend moving rapidly, perhaps stumbling or stumbling forward in a desperate attempt to reach the poet for assistance.

4) The poet describes his friend's movements as resembling a candle that is flickering and about to go out. His friend is gasping for air, coughing, and struggling to breathe, as if choking or drowning.

To understand the phrase "guttering like a candle," envision a candle's flame flickering and sputtering just before it is extinguished. The friend's sounds of choking and struggle are likened to the wavering and fading flame of a candle.

5) In the third stanza, the poet wonders if the readers can imagine walking behind a wagon where the bodies of his dying friends have been thrown, after they were no longer able to walk.

To comprehend "hanging face," envision the face appearing limp or sagging, possibly due to gravity or decomposition. The phrase "skin starting to fall off" suggests a gruesome image of deteriorating flesh. The poet compares his friend's visage to that of a sick devil, implying a twisted and agonized expression.

6) The poet then wonders if readers can hear the gurgling sound produced as his friend desperately struggles to breathe with blood-filled lungs.

To understand "gargling sound," imagine the noise made when liquid is trapped in someone's airway, causing a bubbling or gurgling sound. The poet emphasizes the anguish and desperation of his friend's dire situation.

7) The line "Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud of vile, incurable sores of innocent tongues" can be rephrased as follows: "More repulsive than cancer, more bitter than the taste of disgusting, unhealable wounds on innocent mouths."

To understand this rephrased version, think of cancer as a highly abhorrent and repugnant disease. The phrase "cud of vile" paints a picture of something extremely unpleasant and distasteful. The "incurable sores of innocent tongues" refers to wounds or afflictions that cannot be healed and impact innocent individuals. Overall, the poet is using these descriptions to convey the extreme horrors and devastation caused by war.

If the reader could truly experience the horror of war, the poet suggests they would not perpetuate the old lie and pass it on to their children.