The author carl salsburg use the term Grass to convey a message about the war.
Explanation:
The term Grass is used by the poet in his poem to represent Death and Devastation which is the outcome of a war.In simple words the term grass is used to conceal the dead.The poem also suggest that once the dead are concealed they are quickly forgotten
The Poetic devices used by the author are anaphoras, free verse and personification
The poet has tried to create a  resemblance between the Grass and the person-by using the Personification techniques
