a quote which presents mental suffering
“our brains ache”
“but nothing happens”
“slowly our ghosts drag home”
a quote which presents futility of war
“what are we doing here?”
“like a dull rumour of some other war”
a quote which presents hopelessness
“on us the doors are closed”
“dawn massing in the east her melancholy army”
“for love of god seems dying”
techniques involved
extended metaphor end stopping metaphor personification similie rhetorical question semantic field