ellipsis- waiting for something to happen even though it never does
metaphor
nature purposefully and personally attacking them.
but nothing happens
final stanza ending in the same way as the first. shows that nothing has changed not even death can change it.
the short simple half line emphasizes bordem and tension.
shutters and doors: all closed; on us the doors are closed
caesurae in this stanza creates a division on each line which reflects how the men are shut out of there home. also reflects the soilders concern that people back home were loosing interest in their fate as the war in dragging on
written
1917
the poet wanted to truthfully show the real conditions of ww1 from soldiers in the trenches
shows his anger at the wars waste of life and horrific conditions
