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What effect does the phrase “helpless sight” in Stanza 2 have on the poem?

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It conveys the speaker's feeling of powerlessness.

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The correct answer is that " It conveys the speaker's feeling of powerlessness."

Explanation:

Wilfred Owen portraits a disturbing image of war in his poem. There is a situation that he had in the past, where a soldier died because he could not put on his gas mask in a war with a chemical weapon, so this experience follows him.

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