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In the second stanza of the poem Owen uses "dear-achieved" and "fatuous" to create a sense of hopelessness within the poem, exposing the experiences of despondency found in times of war, conveying Owen's criticism of the vanity of war.

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In the second stanza of the poem Owen uses "dear-achieved" and "fatuous" to create a sense of hopelessness within the poem, exposing the experiences of despondency found in times of war, conveying Owen's criticism of the vanity of war.

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Personification (“Gently its touch”, “the kind old sun”)
Half rhymes and internal rhymes (sun, sown and snow, now and know, once and France) (Internal rhyme: home and sown)
Caesura (“Always it woke him, even in France, until this morning and this snow.”)

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The rhyme between "at home" and "fields half-sown" connects the ideas of a comfortable home and life on a farm and sets the idea up to be contrasted against the brutality of the battlefield.

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While the first half of the first stanza seems to explore a soldier's past, recalling the "fields half-sown." which might reference their past before enlistment, the second half begins to contrast this with with the "snow" of the battlefields, the cold present times. The first stanza then finishes with a hopeful call, speaking of the "kind old sun," and hoping it will rouse the fallen soldier.

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The sun beams are seen as pointless and seen as a contrast from humans

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The poem follows the sonnet structure as it has 14 lines in total, however it doesn’t follow any of the main 3 sonnet structures due to its unusual rhyming scheme (having an ababcdc and efefghg rhyming scheme rather than any of the more traditional sonnet rhyming schemes such as abbaabba cdecde or abab cdcd efef gg). It has two stanzas, at 7 lines each. The last three lines of stanza two are questions.

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conveys the author's thought on war; that it is pointless are useless; it sets up a matter of fact tone for the rest of the poem

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The purpose of this poem is to show the struggles of being a soldier due to the war appearing suddenly, this highlights certain questions that wont receive an answer, this is to provide the thoughts of how pointless war is and how hopeless these soldiers feel.

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the first stanza romanticises the life of a fallen soldier and uses the sun as an image for hope and liveliness; however the second stanza portrays a resentment to the sun and it's inability to save the soldiers and break through the darkness of war

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The focus of the poem is on the sun, which is seen as a God and how people look up to God. And another focus is on the soldier who is seen as someone who is struggling near his death and wondering why the sun (God) isn't helping him in his time of need and why the help is slowly fading over time, as at the start, the sun was really helpful, but towards the end, the soldier couldn't feel the help anymore

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The sun is depicted to be gentle, kind and old. ("The kind old sun will know.")

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futility shows the citizens at home how the soldiers are struggling and how their bodies are failing them on the battlefield and how they look up to the sun for direction and healing whilst on the battlefield
'move him into the sun-
Gently its touch awoke him once'

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in the first stanza of the poem Owen's utilises a romantic tone highlighted through words such as, 'gently' 'kind' and 'morning'
However the second stanza shifts in tone to a more hopeless or futile perspective, this is depicted through the words, 'cold' 'fatuous'

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while futility is addressing the insignificance of the world itself, the establishment of the fallen soilder allows for people to see different perspectives

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The central themes revolve around the idea of death through the relationship to the symbol of the sun.
The sun is portrayed as a "kind" and "gentle" carer bringing light and warmth to life - something that is present "at home" where comfort can be found.
This starkly contrasts with the chill of the "snow" on the battlefield where the sun is absent, and hence life is also.

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The perspective provided is third person.

This provides a better understanding of the context of the poem and the setting. It is in third person due to the language and pronouns used. For example, for a poem or story to be in third person the use of 'she/her/him/his/they/it' is present.

It is also from the perspective of the soldiers who are on the battle field and have found this person injured. Even though you do not get an insight on them.

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The poem is set in a field in France, where a soldier has died in overnight. In this scene, its depicted that the sun used to wake up the soldier, but the sun is no longer there. So its possible the soldier has frozen to death in the snow.
"It always woke him up." "Until this morning and this snow."