Select the correct answer.
The Send off
Down the close, darkening lanes they sang their way
To the siding-shed,
And lined the train with faces grimly gay.
Their breasts were stuck all white with wreath and spray
As men's are, dead.
Dull porters watched them, and a casual tramp
Stood staring hard,
Sorry to miss them from the upland camp.
Then, unmoved, signals nodded, and a lamp
Winked to the guard.
So secretly, like wrongs hushed-up, they went.
Based on the tone of the poem, what is its message?
A.
The poem supports war.
B.
The poem is about convicts.
C.
The poet condemns war.
D.
The poem takes a neutral stand on war.