As in the first stanza "the frightened steed stood alone" implies as they were people that those who were afraid were eliminated by those who resisted fighting. Having shown the dark nature of the poem by describing how the father dies in the third stanza stating how “your father fell into the yellow trenches, raged against his chest, swallowed and died. Raging in his chest meant he was trying to hold his breath but couldn't hold it any longer. Then, when he finally inhaled the gas, he died. It's in a very dark environment. People dying left and right just bring a field of corpses. Having the word drill in their has more impact than just the word fight. In the verse two “hoarse and booming drums of the regiment”. The word hoarse gives impact to the poem by becoming more aggressive with the sound. Hoarse means it sounds harsh or harsh. This gives the impression that the drums are being hit very hard as if they are about to break. The word regiment, however, indicates that the militia is patriotic. Make them beat the drums quickly as they are about to go to war. The concept brought a patriotic display while the cruel depths that lie within were shown. Where we get to the last stanza, how the sincere mother broke down due to the death of her son in the war. “Mother whose heart hung humbly like a button, on the bright, splendid shroud of your son.” The alliteration used in these two lines is a great literary device that helps show how sincere the action taking place is. In those verses there is also alliteration as in the repetitiveness of the letters s and h. The mother is hanging on by her last leg and can no longer bear the pain. The way in which it is called a "shroud", or a cloth that is wrapped around a deceased person for a burial, gives the sense that it is a funeral. The mother sees her son being buried is very difficult and tries her best to keep it