The word 'pale' refers to something lacking in colour, brightness. The words 'pale afternoon' refers to a dull, a lack of vibrant type of afternoon. It also suggest ghastly, just like how a body has just lost a life and have become pale.

the writer is furious at the 'masters of war' as they feel that earning money comes before everything else. The writer uses a rhetorical question, to point out their wrong mindset and criticise it by asking if it's that good. The word 'that good' shows the extent of the power of money in their eyes and feel that with money is more important.

The writer feels a sense of injustice as the 'masters of war' are running away from responisblity and cowardly shunning away from danger and putting himself first. The word mansions conveys his affluence, which shows that he uses the money he gets from the war to indulge himself in luxury items and use them as a status of wealthy. The writer feels injustice as he is willing to use the money that he got by sacrificing many lives for himself, so that he can live a more luxurious life

The writer evokes imagery of waste (dirty water from drain) and futility. Its a metaphor for how unclear, murky they are, and their values are not very good, and to futher emphasise on their lack of morals and shows the writer's distain for them. The writer is disgusted by how bad their morals are and is revolted.

this alludes to the bible when judas betrayed jesus for a few gold coins, showing that the 'master of war' are betraying them for money. he's making a profits from them, while they are fighting and dying, which emphasises their shamelessness, to even think about making profits, while others are dying, and instead of helping them, they use that money for themselves, and keep it like Judas.

The writer is furious at the 'masters of war' for maniqualting people into doing things they don't want to do.The word 'put' shows unwillingness and reluctance. The writer doesn’t wish to be put in this situation and is forced to do it. Guns are instrument of death and pain, which shows that he was forced to do things which hurt others. The words 'My hand' shows that the ones who are getting blood on them is the writer, and not the one who forced him to harm others. Shows that they are able to run away without much consequence while pushing the blame and consequence on us

War is often seen as a game of chess, especially to those in command. A few hundred casualties here and a few devastated cities there mean no more to the masters of war than the sacrificing of a pawn.

The writer is disgusted at the 'masters of war' as they treat people's lives with little care and concern. The word 'play' shows that the ‘masterminds’ are very manipulative, play– carelessly have fun find enjoyment in it, means little to them. The word 'my' shows belonging, OWNERSHIP, loyalty to what he stands for. the word 'My' has a tone of unyieldingness, showing that no matter what, he would not give up on his 'world', and would not let it easily perish. The word 'World' implies that it is very precious to him, that it his world, his all. It is invaluable and precious to him

The writer is not naive and is disgusted at the 'master of war' for not being real with them. The word 'see' shows that the writer has insight and relies on the actual reality of the situation in front of him. He 'opens his eye' to his situation and chooses to make his own decison which he feels is wise. He’s not naive and sees the bigger picture. the word 'Mask' shows the 'masters of war's false facade. which shows that they are hiding smt, and conveys a sense of foreboding as the writer doesn't know what they will do.

The writer is disgusted at their cowardness as they are afraid of the responsiblilty that their actions might bring and are afraid of the potential dnager that they caused. The word 'hide' shows that shunning away from destruction and pain. Hide also shows and emphasise fear, hence the need to be protected and seek refugde from something. The words 'Walls' imply protection and safety as the wall will protect you. The word 'Behind' futher emphasises that the 'masters of war' are cowards and have to protected. They are unable to protect themselves and instead decide to run away from teh danger and responsinlities that their actions cause He feels that the masters of war are cowards as they do not bear responsibilty and shun away from the pain and suffering

The writer is disgusted at the 'masters of war'. The word 'all' shows that the writer pinning all the blame on him and the writer is disgusted at they create the soruce of pain and mersiry. 'Bombs' normally cause mass destruction. bombs are symbols of terror and physical harm. This shows that the writer is upset for the creation of weaposn of mass destruction, which led to many innocent lives lost and panic and misery everywhere, causing the writer to feel disgusted as the 'masters of war' have a chance to change the world and protect more people but choose to turn a blind eye just because it isn't happening to them

the writer is apalled at the evilness and wickness of man as we turn things for harm. The word 'build'shows that it was intentional. The word 'Death' is an extreme word shows it causes a lot of harm and destruction. Not just harm and destruction that can be repaired, but death, which is permanent and painful to go through. The word death connotes dread and shows the severeity of that word. The word 'Plane' shows that they managed to change smt which was meant for good and transportation into smt bad and destructive. This shows the evilness of man and how wicked humans are, turning things which are meant for good to something for evil

The writer feels hatred towards the 'masters of war' The word 'you' shows that he is specific and singling them out.'you' also has a tone of hatred and shows that the writer despises him. The writer purposely put emphasis on big to describe guns to show they made something already destructive into something worse by making it big. Guns have the power to kill and injure people and making it big emphasises that it can do more damage. The writer is disgusted at the 'masters of war' for creating things which would cause harm to people and cause destruction

The writer feels furious at the injustice of how different people are treated. The word 'casket' shows that the 'masters of war' have a dignified and proper death, and it directly contrasts with the soilders figthing for their lives. They are left to die in a inumane and undignified manner, while the people who caused all these death and suffering have the luxury of having a dignified death. The writer Is furious as the 'masters of war' are able to have a dignified death, just because they hid behind the people who actually fought, and used the money earned from the war to ensure that he goes out a dignified manner

The writer hates the 'masters of war' and desperately wishes for them to be dead so that they will no longer cause as much caculaties and deaths. The writer is not content until her ensures that they are died, so that they can no longer bring harm to the word.

The writer is so bitter against the 'masters of war' that he wants to have the satification of watching the people he who caused many others to die, die. The word 'deathbed' is a high intensity, to convey the permanence and pain that it brings

The writer is disgusted at the 'master of war' for manipulating people the word 'fasten' shows that they is behind the scenes and are manipulating the soilders to fight and attack. The words 'trigger' shows that they are the one not figthing in the front lines, but hiding behind others and supplying people for it. The writer is disgusted that they are unwilling to fight the war, but are prefectly fine with aggrogating the war and accelerating it's progress

The writer is doubting the 'masters of war'. The word believes' implies faith and trust, that the writer has to trust in them to help make their lives better. However, the writes uses sarcasm, to emphasise that that he feels that they are not trustworthy and refuses to believe and have faith in them

deceive word intensity- tone of disgust and rage. You–tone of accusation, blames him for lying and misleading them.

the writer is criticising are willing to sacrifice the lives of others for personal financial gain. The word 'deceive' has a high word intensity which conveys the writers hatred for the 'masters of war'. The writer also uses tone of disgust and rage. The word 'You' has tone of accusation, blames him for lying and misleading them.

The writer, who is presumably of age to be drafted, objects to the fact that nameless politicians and bureaucrats he will never meet have the power to force him into war, order him to kill, but never have accountability for any of it.

the contrast btw build and destroy–building is the opposite of destroying and building helps others while destroying brings harm and damage to them— shows the destruction and wickedness of human nature, The word 'destroy' implies that theres nothing left and is in total ruin. It shows the intenstity and ruthlessness of the 'masters of war and how despicable they are to the writer

The writer was disgusted and angry at the injustice of wars, in which the aristocracies of society profit from the business of war, while the lower classes sacrifice their lives. The word 'never' is a strong word, emphasising that they did nothing good and would never do something good. The word 'Done' is past tense, which shows the judging their past. The word 'Nothing' is a high word intensity to show that absolutely nothing they have done are good/ everything they did was bad

The writer is sicken at the 'masters of war' as they use their gifts for evil The word 'desk' connotes that they were the ones who started and organise the war. Desk are also often used for planning. 'masters of war' use their intelligence for bad which makes the writer sad as their intelligence could easily be used for good and to benefit others but instead they choose for it to harm others and hurt them

The writer condemns the 'masters of war' and bluntly wishes for them to die. the word 'death' shows a permanent separation and the word emphaises the writer's intent as he wishes that they be separated for an eternity, so as to never cause harm to the people around him. The word 'will' shows a certainity, and a dreadful foreboding as it shows that something bad will happen. "come soon" shows the writer is hoping that they would die soon, and is willing to be rude in hopes of conveying his point. Normally, it is very rude to hope that someone who just die, but the writer is willing to face the consequence and it shows the extent of the writers rage towards him

The words soul and toll rhyme, to emphases that there are limits to money. He also uses this to show that the moeny that they have collected are useless. The word 'never' is a strong word, which emphasies permanence and eternity. The word 'buy back' shows the 'master of war' think that buy is all powerful, even being able to buy a soul, which is intangibale. This also shows how much they have harmed the people, that they cannot be redeemed and are doomed to death, pain and suffering. The writer is so bitter at the master of war that he feels that they cannot be redeemed or saved

the writer uses sarcasm to emphasise the 'masters of war' ignorance and to emphasise how impossible it is to buy forgiveness. The writer says 'think' which shows us that even after they have considered it and thought about it, they are still naive and continue to feel that it could be bought

the writer uses the word 'will' which has a foreboding tone, which implies that it will eventually come and you never know when it might happen. the words 'buy forgiveness' shows the ignorance of the 'masters of war' as they feel that money is very powerful, capable of buying something that isn't tangable or something that it almost impossible for them as they have caused too much pain and harm to others. The word forgiveness further shows that the 'masters of war need to repent for what they have done wrong

The writer is very bitter towards the 'masters of war', even blanantly wanting them to die. This is considered quite rude to wish for someones' death, but the writer decides to abandon all moral sense and chooses to display his anger and bitterness towards them. The word 'hopes' conveys is inner most desire and his longing fo them to die, after all that pain that they have caused. The word 'die' is a strong word, which conveys permanents, showing the intentsity of the writers bitterness that he wishes for it to be forever, and make them suffer

uses simile to show that they are manipulative. The word 'Your' shows a contrast in belonging and ownership. Before this, it shows that the writer seems to have ownership, but in fact, the 'master of war' is able to mapiulate him to thinking that he still has control. THis Shows that do not care about whose ‘world’ they are playing with and Willing to just take it without much permission and mess with it. The word 'Little' shows contrast with what he felt. 'masters of war' felt that it was invaluable and very big and important, but to the writer, he feel that it is not important. Shows that they are ruthless and do not consider people’s feeling and sentimental value to stuff and value their vision over people's lives. The word 'Toy' also shows it is something they use to find enjoyment, fun. Implies that it is worthless, not worth much to them and they can always get a new ‘one’.

The writer feels a sense of injustice and wants to stand up for what he feels is right. The words 'come you' has a tone of confidence which shows that he is openly challenging them, not afraid of losing. The words 'master' shows that they have a lot experience in war and shows their expertises. The word 'war' shows that they are all related to fighting, one way or not, but yet, the writer isn't afraid, which shows the writer's confidence

The writer is furious at the 'masters of war' that he goes on to make such a bold statement. The word 'that even' shows that the extent of anger he feels that he feels that they can't be forgiven. Jesus in the bible is known for his abundant love and forgiveness. When he was tormented and died, he still poured out his forgiveness on his tormentors, praying: “Lord, don’t charge them with this sin!” This shows the extent of Jesus forgiveness and love that he is willing to even forgive people who caused him tremendous suffering and pain. The words 'even Jesus would never' shows that the writer feels that the actions that the 'masters of war' have done are far too cruel and inhumane, that even someone who is full of forgiveness will not be willing to forgive. This shows how devastating their actions were, and the writer finds what they did unforgivable. The word 'never' is a strong and absolute word, which emphasises how unforgiveable their actions was that they will forever be judged for that mistake and would forever be held acountable for that mistake.

The writer speaks with a tone of confidence and certainity, while the 'but' shows contrast with the sentence on top, of him being uneducated.

This shows that the writer is being rejected for standing up against the war as he is uneducated in the eyes of 'the masters of war'. He uses the word 'unlearned' in broken english and purposely uses a made up word consisting of 'un' which means not and 'learned' which is spelt wrongly. It should be learnt but the writer uses this to emphasise that he is not the most well-educated person, and agreeing that he is not educated. However, he is still able to convey his message and point over, using his brain to make up words that they are able to understand, showing that while he is not educated, he is smart. He also uses this to show that the war that they have caused, might affect people to lack education, causing them to be like him--not educated and may cause the 'masters of war' to change their minds

the writer implies that the 'masters of war' are challenging him and disapproving of his stand against the war just because he is young. They question his credentials and feel that he is still young and naive, not knowing much and not knowing the full picture. The tone of this is defiance, as he knows he is young and the odds are against, but still chooses to stand up against war, despite their obvious efforts to persuade him not to. He disobeys their comments to stop him and resists through the emotional hurt that the statement might bring to him and still chooses to oppose them in hopes that they will hear his views

The writer uses irony here as he went through the battles and death or those around him, but yet is reprimanding himself for speaking out. The writer uses irony to emphasise his experience and knowledge of the battlefield, proving to himself and the 'masters of war' that he is more than qualified to speak up against the war

The writer is furious at the 'masters of war' as they put his baby in danger by making the world such a bad and dangerous place, even tho he doesn't have a baby yet. The words "Unborn and unnamed" uses alliteration to emphasises that the

The writer feels that the 'masters of war' have done something so terrible and made such severe mistakes as the world is such a harsh and inhabitable place, making parents consider if they should bring their children into this. The writer is bitter at this as they have made the world such place of pain and destruction

and-shows continuous, that they suffering in pain wasn't enough, they are dealt with in a inhumane way after death. The words buried in the mud shows that they fall and die. This leaves a very bitter aftertaste in the listeners mouths as the soldiers died in a very inhumane and unglorified manner as they died fighting. Normally, soldiers of war would have a proper burials and memorial, while these soldiers died 'in the mud' as they were not given a proper burial and instead left there in the midst of the fighting. They were not recognised for their sacrifices and their efforts. 'buried in the mud' also shows that there were so many of them, that they couldn't afford to retrieve them and instead had to leave them there. The tone of the writer is bitterness as the soldiers are not recognised and for their fight and died in a very inhumane way, with no proper burial.

the writer uses vivid imagery to emphasise the pain they went through and the suffering they experienced

The writer purposely uses the word 'while' to show the contrast between the 'master of war' cowardly hiding and living in comfort while brave people who dare to fight are dying in pain. The words 'young people' emphasises the pain and lost it brings, not just to them but also to society as they still have a future and may have a chance to impact the society. But yet, their lives are 'wasted' in a battle and their potential never uncovered. It makes the writer feel pain as they are still young and haven't live their lives fully before it was brutally extinguished. This makes him feel pain as they are still young and are innocent, but yet are forced to pay the price of the 'masters of war'

This implies that the battle is getting more serious as more people are dying and getting injured

The writer wants to show the evilness pf humans as the 'masters of war' force people to fight, only which to relax while they are fighting for their lives. THe word 'then' shows the continouation of time, emphasising that the words 'sit back' conveys a sense of relaxation, of comfort and the feeling that everything is going well. This contrast with what the soilders are feeling, as they are fighting, getting scarred physically and mentally. The word 'watch' implies that watching them fight is a form of entertainment, distancing himself from the danger and at the same time, blatantly ignoring the plight of the soilders, as he sees them dead, but yet chooses to do nothing but sit and watch on, which shows his cold demeanour and how he ruthless and inhumane as a normal human would feel for them and try to help but instead he continues to watch them suffer

For others to fire shows that he is keeping his hands 'clean;, by forcing people to do the dirty work and stain their hands, even causing them to be scarred mentally while he just manipulates them and is the one agravating the situation by fastening the triggers, making it easier to shoot and allowing them kill.

The narrator questions whether a world war can actually be won, despite what the victors say. Truly, how can something be called a victory if it results in the destruction of nature and the death of millions?

world war— one of the worlds’ biggest tragedy, where many people died and suffered. Shows the situation that he was in, a bleak environent full of hostility. Can be won— tone of sarcasm, anger at the fleeting dream that they could win.

fast bullets--shows the real and possible danger and risk to life.