First World War Poetry Digital Archive

Dulce et Decorum Est with revisions by Siegfried Sassoon

Here is a manuscript variant of 'Dulce et Decorum Est' which includes markings and revisions by Sassoon. Note how Owen changed the word to describe the effects of mustard gas from 'gargling' to 'guttering' for poetic effect.
Dulce et Decorum Est with revisions by Siegfried Sassoon