Hmm.. That would be cool but quite dangerous. If you think about it, we could send them to war instead of our troops, saving thousands of lives.
Answer:
Simile
Explanation:
"Like burnt-out candles alongside a sick man's bed" compares something to something else. Whatever it is, it is compared to torches that have burned out. "Like" was used to support the comparison. Its goal is to compare one or more qualities of a burnt-out flame to anything else. Using supporting words is termed simile. They are a fairly frequent figure of speech, like metaphors, except that metaphors do not include support words.
The lines "Take up our quarrel with the foe: / To you from failing hands we throw The torch;" supports the theme - the living carry on what the dead cannot. The torch signifies the living continuity of the cause they are fighting for. These lines give a challenge to the ones who are still living to not stop but keep going.
