The simile "like a devil's sick of sin" is used yet the exact meaning is not clear. ... Another explanation is that he might have used the word "sin" to describe war and the deaths it causes, or that he used it as a noun to describe what actually come out of the boy's mouth is like. ... The irony in the poem is that it is based around a veteran that fell for a lie of a promise for glory, as he was a victim of propaganda, and in thinking that he would achieve fame and glory by securing his country's future, he instead gave up his own to experience rejection from his people, isol...

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