Analysis for phrases for "Dulce et Decorum Est"

Question

What do the following phrases from the poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" mean e.g. what is the phrase trying to say/convey?

"like a devil's sick of sin"

"The blood/Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs"

Thanks.

Asked by Jake A #705580 on 10/23/2017 1:54 AM

Last updated by Aslan on 4/23/2019 11:28 PM

Answered by Aslan on 4/23/2019 11:28 PM

Owen describes the face of the gasping, choking man as “a hanging face," like a devil's sick of sin”.

"The blood/Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs," shows war imagery of what wounds do.