English

Jenny Donaldson

5 July, 17:09

Select the correct answer.

The Send off

Down the close, darkening lanes they sang their way

To the siding-shed,

And lined the train with faces grimly gay.

Their breasts were stuck all white with wreath and spray

As men's are, dead.

Dull porters watched them, and a casual tramp

Stood staring hard,

Sorry to miss them from the upland camp.

Then, unmoved, signals nodded, and a lamp

Winked to the guard.

So secretly, like wrongs hushed-up, they went.

Based on the tone of the poem, what is its message?

A.

The poem supports war.

B.

The poem is about convicts.

C.

The poet condemns war.

D.

The poem takes a neutral stand on war.