In the first and second stanzas, the first stanza describes the soldiers by their age, height, and belief/religions. It's just saying that there were different soldiers at different times in life that they would fight in wars. But the would fight for the same reason, to bring peace to everyone. In the second stanza, it talks about what kinds of soldiers fighting for their countries. They list countries that have been fighting with each other in World War II. I thought that the poet was saying that fighting in war will not stop war and bring peace.
In the third and fourth stanzas, the third stanza talks about fighting for the people you care about, like family, will not stop the death of people. When it says 'and he never sees the writing on the wall,' I thought the poet was saying that soldiers don't know that they are killing innocent people and affecting other peoples lives. In the fourth stanza, the poet is saying fighting in war, will not end war. That made me think of the saying, 'violence will not solve anything.'
I can relate to this poem because my two grandfathers went to war in World War II. I didn't know them until the came back. I was very fortunate to have my grandfather's come back home safe will open arms from family and friends.
Great blog Jodie! In the first paragraph it is not necessarily World War II that they are talking about. Other than that great blog because you have most of the little fine details about the poem.
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