Emotions that I felt:
Shock, dread, like a void/empty, pensive and melancholy.
Why?
There is morbid detail in this poem which relates to soldiers of war who have died.
Despite their honorable sacrifice in war, in modern times, they have become forgotten (highlighted by the indifference of the conductor) and have become associated with the grass of the Earth.
This relates to a much quoted verse from the Old Testament of the Bible “All men are flesh”.
The main principle is that men are born of dust and shall once return as dust/soil (to the Earth) - elements of this are also true even for non-believers - carbon cycle.
Answer:
The answer are the major characteristics of Modernism in Literature.
Explanation:
Modern literature has a strong and international break with tradition against established religious, political, social views with no connection with history or institution and no things as absolute truth-all are relative with all individualists making their own meaning in the world.
By examining the characteristics of Modern literature from the perspective of these Crane's "The bride comes to yellow Sky,"Yeats' "Second Coming," Frost's "Death of a Hired Man, " or Green's "The Destructors, indicated the following characteristics form of modern literature...
1) Literature exhibits perspectives - meaning which comes from the individuals perspective
2) Interiority is represented - meaning inner psychology, stream of consciousness
3) Perception of language change - meaning language is "thick" with multiple meanings
4) Emphasis on the experimental - meanig its open ending, note of pessimism, disillusionment and melancholy in writing, sense of fragmentation and loss of faith, use of symbol and scientific methodology, reflection of the modern chaos and confusion, the decay of plot and characters in writing, passion for humanity and humanitarianism.
