Which two lines in this excerpt show the painful and filthy conditions faced by soldiers in the trenches during World War I? A. Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
B. Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
C. To children ardent for some desperate glory,
D. The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est
Pro patria mori.
(Wilfred Owen, "Dulce Et Decorum Est")

a. beside the fence

explanation:

the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.