What is the poem Futility about?

Where is it set?

What makes the poem seem less formal and more conversational?

What does each stanza begin with?

What is the first stanza a practical instruction about?

What does the language become in the second stanza?

How does the poet use a mixture of past and present tenses?

What do the repeated references to waking emphasise?

How is nature personified?

Why does the language in the poem become more Biblical and philosophical?

What does the reader feel when the poet addresses the reader directly?

What does the poem contain that challenges the reader to think about why the soldier's life has been wasted?

What emotion is shown when the poet uses a kind and respectful to to talk about the soldier?