Cummings gives the impression that the patriot is ignorant since in the sixth line, the patriot seems to believe that “deaf and dumb” is a language. In lines seven and eight the patriot states that honor will be reclaimed by the sons of dead soldiers and Cummings uses censored slang to express how stupid this idea is. If the lines deny and ten are read from the patriot's point of view, it seems that the patriot complements the young soldiers willing to die for their country. However, another interpretation could be that lines nine and ten are sarcastic and instead of complementing the soldiers, they are saying that sending young soldiers into a war in which they will likely die is a horrible thing to do even if they're ready to go out there and do it.