Michael+Sullivan

Into Battle
 * Julian Grenfell**

The naked earth is warm with spring,And with green grass and bursting treesLeans to the sun's gaze glorying,And quivers in the sunny breeze;And life is colour and warmth and light,And a striving evermore for these;And he is dead who will not fight;And who dies fighting has increase. The fighting man shall from the sunTake warmth, and life from the glowing earth;Speed with the light-foot winds to run,And with the trees to newer birth;And find, when fighting shall be done,Great rest, and fullness after dearth. All the bright company of HeavenHold him in their high comradeship,The Dog-Star, and the Sisters Seven,Orion's Belt and sworded hip. The woodland trees that stand together,They stand to him each one a friend;They gently speak in the windy weather;They guide to valley and ridge's end. The kestrel hovering by day,And the little owls that call by night,Bid him be swift and keen as they,As keen of ear, as swift of sight. The blackbird sings to him, "Brother, brother,If this be the last song you shall sing,Sing well, for you may not sing another;Brother, sing." In dreary, doubtful, waiting hours,Before the brazen frenzy starts,The horses show him nobler powers;O patient eyes, courageous hearts! And when the burning moment breaks,And all things else are out of mind,And only joy of battle takesHim by the throat, and makes him blind, Through joy and blindness he shall know,Not caring much to know, that stillNor lead nor steel shall reach him, soThat it be not the Destined Will. The thundering line of battle stands,And in the air death moans and sings;But Day shall clasp him with strong hands,And Night shall fold him in soft wings

The naked earth is warm with spring Leans to the sun's gaze glorying They gently speak in the windy weather;They guide to valley and ridge's end. Imagery And with green grass and bursting trees ||
 * **T** || **When I first read the title I though it could be for or against the war. I expected it to be about a young solider being drafted and put into battle.** ||
 * **P** || **Stanza 1: Describes the warm and beautiful world, and how a man who doesn't fight is "dead".**
 * Stanza 2: The fighting man takes warmth from the sun and is loved by the earth.**
 * Stanza 3: The people of heaven and the stars all hold the fighting man in high reguard.**
 * Stanza 4: The woodland trees move for the solider and the windy weather guides him to the valley and ridges end.**
 * Stanza 5: The owls and night birds tell the solider to be quick and stay alert.**
 * Stanza 6: The blackbird speaks that if the solider should die he should fight well because its his last.**
 * Stanza 7:The soilders waiting for the battle and the horses give him strength.**
 * Stanza 8: When the battle starts his senses take over.**
 * Stanza 9: The solider knows through giving it his all he will not be killed.**
 * Stanza 10: The fighting continues but the solider will be taken care of no matter what.** ||
 * **C** || Personification
 * **C** || Personification
 * **A** || The attitude of the author was happy and joyful. The earth is giving and nice to the soilder so it creates a happy attitude. ||
 * **S** || The poem had one shift in stanza 7, cause it goes from happy and the earth to fighting and scary before the battle. ||
 * **T** || I read the poem and re-looked at the title I realized it was about the earth helping a soilder going into battle. ||
 * **T** || The theme of this poem is the fighting man is loved by the earth and will be watched over. ||



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