Meat does not have funeral rites. “Cattle” does not have a “candle” (9), “flowers” (13), or “prayers nor bells” (5) for these men who sacrificed their lives for their country. This negative outlook that the political power has towards their men at arms is the issue that Owen articulates throughout the text. He wants the audience to understand that he is not simply frustrated with how the men are treated in death, but how they were treated in life. Furthermore, he men were used as a means to an end instead of a significant force in pursuit of the greater good, or what was perceived as the greater good in consideration of the
