Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this poem.

In Wilfred Owen's poem "Dulce et Decorum Est," the speaker describes "the hoots of the gas shells," as if the gas shells are human beings capable of calling out.

What effect does this personification have on the description?

a. It implies that the gas shells are an advanced type of weapon for their era.

b. It suggests that the panicking soldiers are hearing things that aren't there.

c. It creates the feeling that the deadly weapons are mocking their victims.

d. It implies that when the soldiers are killed, only the weapons will be alive.