This is also demonstrated when he writes that the soldiers do not believe in spring. The soldiers seem to believe that they will not survive to see their future• "His chill" (line 36) shows that everyone has turned their backs on the soldiers, even God and strong diction like "buckle up" (line 36) shows how this mud will not come off the soldiers, as if they were to die• Strong and terrifying images of frozen bodies are created by words like "withered" (line 37) and "half-known" (line 39) shows how these soldiers' bodies can no longer be recognized• The last lines show that even though many soldiers are dying, this has no effect on the war as a whole and the bullets did not kill these soldiers, nature killed them Furthermore, it shows that banal ways of dying are no less tragic to die under bullets