Thanks to your mum for encouraging you to contribute!

Can you explain your interpretion?

There are waters blown by changing winds to laughter
And lit by the rich skies, all day. And after,
      Frost, with a gesture, stays the waves that dance
And wandering loveliness. He leaves a white
      Unbroken glory, a gathered radiance,
A width, a shining peace, under the night.

Shows that how heroes stop the war and change dreadfulness to happiness and joy

ps: I wrote this just so that my mom would be satisfied.

Nice one! 😆

Nice idea, but this comes just before ‘All this is ended.” Coupled with the title, doesn’t that suggest that these were things that “These hearts” experienced while they were alive but that they aren’t any more? Or perhaps these experiences were from a time in their lives when they could experience the beauty around them but that they cannot any more?

You guys have really done some sterling work here. I hope Eggman appreciates your efforts 🙂

I think this is worth a green flag.

Thanks 👍 👍

Helpful notes.

See the pun?

The second couplet: Shows their growth through the years and the similarities to other people. This exemplifies their innocence and simplicity. Anthropomorphism in the first line, “the years had given them kindness,” showing they have changed and matured over the years.

The third and fourth couplet: These four lines show that they have once lived a normal life, experiencing vivid emotions and memories, but the last line, “all this is ended” represents the sudden change of the lifestyle and environment that happens once they join the war. We can see an example of polysyndeton in “touched flowers and furs and cheeks,” which implies the sheer amount of freedom one has when not engaging in combat.

The fifth couplet: The fifth couplet shows that joy and laughter are seen when the soldiers are free men, not bound by war.

The sixth and seventh couplet: The last quatrain honors the dead soldiers who fought for the kingdom. The “unbroken glory” exemplifies that the soldiers got the glory but they didn’t live to see it.

Miscellaneous:

1. Related to Suicide in the Trenches in forms of symbolism: “I knew a simple soldier boy” shows the freedom of the child before going to war, similar to the second quatrain.

2. Related to Suicide in the Trenches in forms of theme: War changes people because Suicide in the Trenches has “the hell where youth and laughter go” and The Dead includes a contrast between freedom (before war) and war.

Great! So, does this have any effect on the reader? Does it mean anything?