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Rhetorical question and metaphor are used. Personification of the earth. Owen questions the point of view from the earth and humans as well.

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silly and pointless emphasising futility

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in the second last line of the poem there is an exclamation that shows that Owen has realised that nothing will change and then saddens, longing and grief starts to come in.

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This poem is about a British soldier during World War I. the poem tells the story of an unnamed soldier lying dead in the snow in France. This image resonates with Owens, causing him or her to reassess life's value, given death's inevitability

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"too hard to stir?"+ "Was it for this the clay grew tall?"

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"too hard to stir?"+ "Was it for this the clay grew tall?"

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Rhetorical question despite the sun's power it could still not awake the fallen solider.

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Adjectives are used to describe the solider's good health. This is again revealing wasteful death.

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Biblical allusion
Owen is questioning religion. Why does is exist if people are dying in this brutal, futile way. Clay is a metaphor for people.

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In the second stanza there is a connotation of death on the word snow. there is a use of rhyme between the word snow and know to add to the nature of the poem

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The use of conjunction allows to reader to know that something has changed. This also sets the tone for the second stanza. In the first stanza there was a gentle, soft tone whereas the second stanza gives off a deeply sadden yet angry tone. this anger can be the effect of grief on the writer.

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there is a metaphor used here to emphasis the youth of the solider and how unnecessary his death is.

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Long vowels are used to create  a nostalgic feeling which illuminates to feeling a loss by reminding readers lives that were lost. This can also insinuate grief that families are going through by referring to home.

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“Move him into the sun—”    Think how it wakes the seeds—”    “—O what made fatuous sunbeams toil To break earth's sleep at all?” 

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“Move him into the sun—”    Think how it wakes the seeds—”    “—O what made fatuous sunbeams toil To break earth's sleep at all?” 

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Enjambment
The use of enjambment created incomplete lines where meaning continues into the next. This creates tension, it also allows you to hold on to that thought throughout the poem. When continuing these lines we reflect back to the great losses of war and the deep pain and grief that is caused and causes too many.

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Owen is using this Poem as a message that the act of war is pointless and indeed unnecessary. He focuses upon death and its effect on society by telling a REAL story of war.

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This Poem is about an injured, most likely dead solider. It is set in France during the fist world war. Owen the point of life bring created if it can be destroyed so easily more specifically destroyed by other humans.

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Meaning the sun is powerful, it brought life to earth but it can't help now (war).

The c at the start of both words “clays/cold shows alliteration emphasising the phrase - bringing life to earth.

- “Cold star” oxymoron

Clay/Cold - alliteration

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“At home whispering of fields half-sown”

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“At home whispering of fields half-sown”

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A life that has abruptly ended for no reason. Meaning that the war robs the lives of youthful men. the Poet uses a mix of past and present tense to show the contrast between the soldier's life at home and his current situation.

- Metaphor constantly switching from past and present tense

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“Think how it wakes the seeds…” “Move him into the sun”

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“Think how it wakes the seeds…” “Move him into the sun”

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In both the first lines of each stanzas there is command directed (imperative mood) at the readers. The tone of the stanzas change from gentle and soft to anger which is the result of grief. The tone of the word  move creates that gentle effect in contrast to the word, think  that is more hostile. You can almost hear the desperation as there is emphasis on that “K”.

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Full-nerved, still warm, too hard to stir?

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Full-nerved, still warm, too hard to stir?

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Expresses a feeling of grief over the life that was lost. This question isn’t clearly directed to a particular person/audience. This question could be directed to God To understand grief and compartmentalise with death. By asking god questions we can assume people are trying to come to terms with death.
- Rhetorical question

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The word morning can have a double meaning. It could mean morning as in the morning sun, or mourning as in mourning a death. This word play insinuates to readers that there is heavy loss in war that is later declared futile.

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“Move him into the sun—Gently its touch awoke him once”

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“Move him into the sun—Gently its touch awoke him once”

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Through the first stanza the sun is presented to be an all knowing figure. By personifying the sun Owen allows readers to believe that the sun has an “all knowing power” leading the readers to relate the sun to god. By relating the god and the sun it gives the poem a warm tone. This tone allows readers to be comforted in their loss knowing that there is divine power.

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The title of this Poem is a clear message of what the poem is about. "Futility" shows how pointless and useless war and the death that it brings is.

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Futility, By Wilfred Owen