The fourth two lines are the second most powerful lines of the poem, they show that the soldiers who are fighting are dreamers when the guns start to fire, and dream of the things that most people take for granted, like a warm house, clean beds and there are beautiful wives who are left there in their homes. The next four lines tell of the horrors that the soldiers endure, such as the rat-infested trenches, flooded by rain and ruined beyond repair, but here appears the most moving first part of the poem: “Dreaming of things they did with clubs and balls, and mocked by the desperate desire to win back", this line of the poem talks about the soldiers wanting to do things like normal people who leave the war behind and live in peace. The last line talks about how the soldiers want a break and wish they could work on the desk This poem is a big slap in the face to people who make fun of war and to people who are part of it and who long for the simple things they once had, being children whose grandparents were at war and with whom they have. had the opportunity to speak