SR+Purpose+of+this+poem

Wallace Stevens' purpose to, "Death of a soldier," is portraying ideas about soldiers surviving wars. The first idea that is being explained, is that there is a war and the soldiers are falling to the ground one by one. Over the course of the poem, more detail is being explained about the soldiers dying. The first line that really says something shocking after we know they are dying, claims "without memorial." I think that is saying the dying souls will not get there own ceremonial funeral. After that line, the next part of the poem is talking more about what will happen with the bodies that have no memorial. It is saying something more about nature and heaven. The poem is talking about how even though there will be no ceremony, nobody to recover the bodies, the earth, and the heavens, and the wind will take the body of the young soldier. Over all, this poem was trying to explain a message that we should respect soldiers who dont get to have funerals like us. Also, that we should know even when we can't save the bodies their souls do not remain there forever.