When I first read the title of this poem I thought that it could be referring to prisoners of war, taken to captivity by their enemy because in war soldiers that are captured alive are imprisoned by their enemies for their own benefit.
In order to place this poem in its context I needed to conduct a little research on the author and his contributions to the First World War. I did this to determine whether the author’s knowledge was intimate or perceptive, so that I would be able to gauge the credibility of his poem. My result was that the author had fought during the First World War and he had a lot of intimate knowledge in the events that happened in the battle field the author was an ambulance driver, though he was later injured and given a silver star.
This poem is written from the viewpoint of a close observer, it has been delivered in short precise lines, but it wording and visuals are superb. They bring out the tone of conflict which exemplifies the theme of war. In any case prisoners of war are tortured and killed so that they can give important information to their enemies, the enemies use this important information to an …show more content…
They bring out the tone of conflict which exemplifies the theme of war. In any case prisoners of war are tortured and killed so that they can give important information to their enemies, the enemies use this important information to an advantage and defeat their enemies. The author also brings an instance of desperation into view where he mentions child and teen recruitmentinto the army, he also mentions that some of them had been captured as prisoners of war. The evidence of the prisoners of war is vividly described by the author when he uses imagery to describe the grey backdrop, ground muddy, cold mist in the air and silence except for the sound of footsteps and