How does Owen create sympathy for the disabled soldier in the first 3 stanzas of the poem Disabled?

young soldier, and he is just one of many. This makes it relatable to readers and it universalises the subject. Also the idea that he's "waiting for dark" has connotations that there is no light so there is no hope, and all he has left to do now is to wait for death so his suffering will come to an end. The caesuras used in the first stanza gives the effect of a long wait for night.On line 3 it mentions that he is "Legless" and "sewn short at elbow", the fact that he has no legs and one arm shows how dependant he is on others, this dehumanises his character. This effect carries on to line 6 where it says "gathering sleep had mothered them from him" this use of personification means that the sleep comforts him. This is very emotive imagery because we get the image that he has been infantilised needs looking after like a baby. This refers back to the idea of being dependent on other people.He refers back to his past life when he reminisced how the "girls glanced lovelier as the air grew dim". He refers to the idea of nostalgia. Before he was able to chase the girls, now he is unable to do so. This is in contrast with now, in the present, how they all "touch him like some queer disease". This is very powerful because this handsome, young lad once used to attract the girls, and now they all look at him like he is not a man anymore, making him feel inhuman.We get the idea that he is younger than 19 (the required age to participate in war), furthermore he says that "there was an artist silly for his face, For it was younger than his youth" meaning that not only was he not of legal age to join, he also looked younger than his real age. This shows the innocence of his youth, which sympathises him. Owen uses assonance on "younger" and "youth" to emphasise how young he is."Half his lifetime lapsed in the hot race" means his life has flashed before his eyes. He has skipped his teenage years and now is middle-aged. The use of the metaphor "race" gives the impression of him trying to get to the other side whilst avoiding being shot. This youth of his is being destroyed because he is seeing such traumatic things, that no child should ever have to see. Due to his situation, he feels he is being tortured.