What is the connotative meaning of the phrase "little souls" in Stanza 2?

* Hoarse, booming drums of the regiment,
Little souls who thirst for fight,
These men were born to drill and die.
The unexplained glory flies above them,
Great is the battle god, great, and his kingdom
A field where a thousand corpses lie.
It connotes the deep significance of these men.

It connotes the small physical size of these people

It connotes the youthful naivete of these soldiers.

It connotes the minor importance of these individuals.

The connotative meaning of a word or a phrase means, to relate the actual word with some other word by the use of its literal meaning associated with the same word.

The little soul in Stanza 2 connotates:

Option D. It connotes the minor importance of these individuals.

Explanation:

In stanza 2, the word little soul is used for the people who are thirsting for a fight. In this, the little soul means those individuals whose importance in the world is too less or minor.

The other options as incorrect because:

The deep significance of these men is connoted in the stanza for those who are born to drill and die, they are not the little souls.
The little soul does not denote the small physical size of the people.
The little soul does not mean the youthful naivete of the soldiers, as the little soul is for a minority of the individuals.

Therefore, the little soul denotes the minor importance of these individuals.

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