Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots, But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind; Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots Of gas-shells dropping softly behind. How do these lines evoke a sense of the time and place in which this poem is set?

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Abbie Kirk

16 December, 23:18

Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots, But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind; Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots Of gas-shells dropping softly behind. How do these lines evoke a sense of the time and place in which this poem is set?

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Tequila · Answer 1

C) The words marched and boots, along with the reference to "gas-shells dropping," indicate that the poem takes place during WWI and is set near a battlefield.

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Mario Huff · Answer 2

it describes what the men are going through. 'Men marched asleep" is saying that it is night out and the rest of it describes war.