Question

Can you say that Hughes criticizes war through "six young men? Why (not)?

Answer 1

Because the soldier might die at any moment, patriotism is addressed head-on: it was a “tear that had brimmed in his eye” that is now “like molten iron [in] the centre of his chest.” In other words, war has transformed from a somewhat emotional fantasy to a deadly reality, with the “molten iron” simile pre-empting the