Time
Place
Tone
100
At dawn
When in the day does this poem start?
100
Over the top
Where do soldiers go as they leave their trenches?
100
Glowering
What word does the poet use to describe the sun to deliver the deadly tone of the poem?
200
blank
How is time described in the poem?
200
Trenches
Where do the soldiers usually stay during the war?
200
Masked with fear
What phrase does the poet use to describe the soldiers' fears?
300
After the barrage lifts
When do the soldiers go over the top for the war?
300
The menacing scarred slope
Where does the smoke shroud?
300
O Jesus, make it stop!
What is the final phrase that implies the tone of the poet wanting the war to stop?
400
It means that the times in the war is meaningless and pointless that it seems like the soldiers are just stuck in it.
What does this line mean- "While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists"?
400
The wire
Where do the tanks creep and topple forward to?
400
It suggest that hope is helpless.
How does the word 'flounder' imply the tone of hope in the poem?
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