Compare the presentation of war in the poems βdulce et decorum estβ and βicarus allsortsβ
The message about war in Dulce is ironic " His hanging face like a devils sick of sin", this simile means that the " hanging face" of this man/solder is so sick and disgusting it is worse then one of the devils punishments. Also in 1920 anybody reading the poem would realise how disgusting and β