This implies that the majors are fat by the word'puffy' and petulant means easily irratated,it also shows they are stuck up as they use words such as glum and chap.Base means military quarters but also points out that they didn't fight.They are fat and unfit as they just read he roll of honour,there are few figures of speec in the poem-onomotopoeia describes the majors as they are guzzling and gulping whic also suggests that they are fat as they are eating like pigs.
Toddle is an excellent word as it shows the majors are unfit and 'safely' makes the reader angry as te soldiers were not this when fighting.(die in bed)sows the old majors died in comfort in own home and the young soldiers died away from home.The feeling in the poem is sarcastic and bitter.The poet was very angry at majors as the majors prolonged the war so they could earn more money.I loved the way that Sassoon brought the anger through the poem and that made me dislike the majors.
Aaron Casey