Can someone help me analyze the poem “Participating in the colors” by Katherine Tynan Hinkson?
I need help analyzing the poem “Participating in the colors” by Katherin Tynan here is the poem: There they go marching all in step so gay! Smooth cheeks and golden, food for shells and guns. Excited when they go to a wedding day, the mothers sons. The street looks gray to see them row on row on the tram high-tops, singing like the lark. Too careless-gay for courage, singing they go Into the dark. With tin whistles, mouth organs, no noise, They pipe the way to glory and the grave, foolish and young, gay boys and golden Love can not save. High heart! High courage! The poor girls they kissed Run with them: they kiss no more, alas! The fog got them in the fog-Singing they pass. Color is usually a reference to a flag. Join the colors mean joining the army. Let us use the army for example. The term smooth cheeked means that they are too young to have beards grow. Golden mean through life smoothly. Food for shells and guns means they will be victims of the war they fight. excited when they g
