All Quiet on the Western Front

How does Paul feel about his youth? What do you think he means when he says “We are forlorn like children, and experienced like old men”?

Chapter 6

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Paul is saying that they are pitiful broken young men with the experiences of old men. They have lost their innocence before experiencing innocence. They are emotionally old men because of the horrors they have been exposed to.