Comprehension Passage
Read the given extract carefully and answer the following questions.
Suicide in the Trenches
‘’I knew a simple soldier boy
Who grinned at life in empty joy,
Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
And whistled early with the lark.
In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
He put a bullet through his brain,
And no one spoke of him again."
How does the second stanza of "Suicide in the Trenches" use sound to convey the harsh reality of life in the trenches?
1
It uses onomatopoeia to mimic the sounds of war.
2
It mentions the soldier's silence as a contrast to the loudness of the battlefield.
3
It mentions the sounds of nature, which are drowned out by the noise of the war
4
It doesn't use sound to convey the harsh realities of life in the trenches.