Quote: "For God's invincible spring our love is made afraid"

Highlight: The poem ends with the image of the burying-party dealing with frozen corpses, emphasizing the futility of war.

Vocabulary: Metaphor - "Ghosts drag home" represents soldiers' memories and dreams of home.

Example: The repetition of "But nothing happens" throughout the poem emphasizes the psychological torture of waiting.

Definition: The "sunk fires" and "dark-red jewels" represent memories of home and comfort that are now unreachable.

Quote: "Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knive us"

Highlight: The poem consists of 8 stanzas describing poor conditions overnight with no actual fighting occurring.

Vocabulary: Sibilance - The repetition of 's' sounds, used to emphasize the whispering wind and create atmosphere.

Example: The line "Dawn massing in the east her melancholy army" personifies dawn as gathering its forces against the soldiers.

Definition: Half-rhymes - Imperfect rhymes that create a disturbing, unsettled effect throughout the poem.