Sassoon uses religious imagery, 'Ghost has flown' to present the soul leaving the body flying up, maybe towards heaven. Also, to show him having purpose, life still connecting them as friends. He also uses religious imagery later, 'he is lost among the stars' presenting him as being something to wish upon, to pray to. The word 'lost' provides a sense of the unknown and exaggerates his distance from the world through death.
Also, 'Dusk drew on' the alliteration here enforces the idea of people carrying on their normal lives around him, being unaffected by what seems so important to him. He also uses alliteration with 'low laughter' to insinuate the friendly familiar tone of their friendship, 'low' being as an undertone which always remains without being obvious.
Sassoon uses the short sentence 'he was old' to represent maybe the short life he has left to live, maybe also to show the little purpose he has left.
He uses personification of 'stood the empty house; a ghostly hulk', this presents his fear at this point in the poem, reinforced by 'ghostly hulk' as if there is something haunting about the house, in this case who he is meeting.
He says 'My body is the magic of the world' showing his physical body is now part of the world of which his spirit has left, yet he is still involved.
Lastly, he states 'that you may share my wisdom and peace' meaning he has left behind his knowledge through his actions people will now learn and take on.
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