The imagery statement “frost will fasten on mud and us” leads the reader to infer how horrifying the feeling of the frost slowly coating the soldiers must have been (Owen Stanza 8 Line 1). The soldiers are beginning to get frostbite from being outside in the freezing winter for far too long. Many people believe that most deaths of soldiers come from enemy inflicted wounds, but some are not. In the Civil War, 620,000 soldiers died, but of those poor souls that died, two thirds of the soldiers were killed by means not relating to war. The term “ice” refers to the look in the eyes of the soldiers as they saw their fallen comrades (Owen Stanza 8, Line 4). The soldiers are so used to death, they are starting to become used to it. This is also a reference to the elements of nature that the soldiers are constantly struggling against. Soldiers often come home as changed humans from the amount of emotional torture they must endure during their services. When soldiers serve their duties that are similar to prison sentences, they are changed. Physically they will heal, but emotionally, most soldiers will struggle until the end of their
The imagery statement “frost will fasten on mud and us” leads the reader to infer how horrifying the feeling of the frost slowly coating the soldiers must have been (Owen Stanza 8 Line 1). The soldiers are beginning to get frostbite from being outside in the freezing winter for far too long. Many people believe that most deaths of soldiers come from enemy inflicted wounds, but some are not. In the Civil War, 620,000 soldiers died, but of those poor souls that died, two thirds of the soldiers were killed by means not relating to war. The term “ice” refers to the look in the eyes of the soldiers as they saw their fallen comrades (Owen Stanza 8, Line 4). The soldiers are so used to death, they are starting to become used to it. This is also a reference to the elements of nature that the soldiers are constantly struggling against. Soldiers often come home as changed humans from the amount of emotional torture they must endure during their services. When soldiers serve their duties that are similar to prison sentences, they are changed. Physically they will heal, but emotionally, most soldiers will struggle until the end of their