Which two common themes of war literature are reflected in this excerpt? if in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every Jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues -
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lle: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.
(Wilfred Owen, "Dulce Et Decorum Est")
bitterness at the massive loss of life caused by war
anger at the ignorance of civilians and leaders at home
the innocence and ignorance of enlisted soldiers
anger at the government for lying to enlisted youth
the pain of those left at home waiting for the soldiers

bitterness at the massive loss of life caused by war

anger at the ignorance of civilians and leaders at home

Explanation:

sentences vary by structure as well as by function. there are compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

simple sentence

i like to read.

a simple sentence has one independent clause.

compound sentence

i like to read, and i also like to write.

a compound sentence includes more than one independent clause, connected by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet).

complex sentence

i prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

a complex sentence includes one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. (a dependent clause is one that cannot stand alone.) types of dependent clauses include relative clauses (i kicked the boy who pinched me), adverb clauses (i am going home now because i have a curfew), and noun clauses (i don't know what to do next).

compound-complex sentence

although i prefer to read current bestsellers, i do like to read old agatha christie mysteries, and i also like some 20th-century science fiction.

compound-complex sentences take a bunch of clauses (multiple independent clauses, and one or more dependent clauses) and toss them together like a salad. although these sentences take practice to write in a grammatically correct fashion, they can hold a tremendous amount of meaning, and are common in academic writing.