The poem presents the poet's attitudes concerning war - the insignificance and unnecessary sacrifice - through the use of language, symbolism, imagery and rhyme.
In the first stanza, every sound in the first line is soft and quiet. We do not expect the first words to be 'softly and humbly' as the title of the poem suggests the men at war. The knowledge of the poem comes in the second line, although still it does not give an easy understandment as convoys of dead sailors come. In the next line 'sway and wander' suggests life so it neutralises the impact of 'dead' in the second line. The fi…
