friends. The boys playing in the park made the reader think that this reminded him of his former playing and pleasures. Line two, "And shivered in his ghastly suit of grey," one can imagine that the soldier quivered at the thought of wearing that hideous and disgusting gray suit without legs and arms. Since the man was
             disable, his uniform becomes hideous and useless. It made the reader think that the soldier was once tall and handsome. "Voices of boys rang saddening like a hymn, Voices of play and pleasure after day," the word 'hymn' reminded the reader of a song of praise especial in honor of the soldier in a spiritual way. Also, the word 'voices' implied to the reader that the boys were heard and not seen. The word 'voices' could also relate to the man not being able to express his wants and needs. It didn't give a clear picture or lots of information about the boys other than the reader can only hear the sound of the boys' voices. Owen used more sounds than visual in stanza one, but the reader was able to visualize several boys playing and being mischievous.
             In stanza two, "About this time Town used to swing so gay" the soldier was reminiscing about when he was young and how positive and up beat the people were toward him in the city in which he lived. The letter 'T' in town was capitalized which signified that the man was once proud of the town where he lived. Also, he was especially thinking about how beautiful the young girls were and that they will never see him again as being tall and hand
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