Suicide in the trenches

The message portrayed in the poet's 'Suicide in the trenches' is that war is not how it is percieved, before you go you know nothing of the hardships and aft you are changed forever but those who dont go could never grasp the reality of war. This message is effectively conveyd with tremendous force through the poet's used of poetic language and to the point sentences. The message is brought to the audience the image of this simple soldier boy who 'grinned at life in empty joy' meaning he didnt know how good he had it until it was taken from him. The poet then went on to state 'he put a bullet through his brain', a simple and impactful sentence that leaves nothing to think over, nothing to the imagination. His finishing phrase 'sneak home and pray you'll never know, the hell where youth and laughter go.' by this the poet is telling the audience that the crowd who greets the soldiers is just like the simple soldier boy, looking at life with empty joy, not knowing anything, not a glimpse of what war truly is.