What is the message of the poem "Dreamers" by Siegfried Sassoon?

The poem "Dreamers" centered on what foot soldiers thought about during times of enemy fire in World War I. During this war, Siegfried Sassoon was a soldier, and he drew from his experiences to write the poem.

"Dreamers" has 14 lines, and it is a sonnet that carries a rhythm scheme. More specifically, it is a Petrarchan sonnet and not a Shakespearean sonnet. This type of poem consists of an eight-line stanza that introduces the poem's topic, similar to how the first few chapters of a book introduce the topic and the characters, and then a six-line stanza that works to develop the poem's topic.