Why does he call the motto an “old Lie”?

Why does he call the motto an “old Lie”? And why does he use the conditional tense in thelast stanza?Assignment:Develop a thesis-level explanation in response to the following questions:* Why does Owen choose to describe the jingoist motto as an “old Lie”?* What does he mean to qualify the “Lie” with the word “old”?* If this is an “old” Lie, why do people still believe it? Shouldn’t everyone know by now that dying on the battlefield is not “sweet and honorable” if this lie is old?* Why would a jingoist want to share something everyone already knows is a lie?While you do not have to answer all of these, they should serve as a guiding light when trying todevelop an argument about the implicit meaning of the phrase “old Lie” in Owen’s poem.The poem is listed on additional materials and so is the prompt

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