Structure
· Iambic Pentameter
· Poem divided into two separate sections; his life before the war began and reality of life after war.
· Reminiscing focuses on the glory and honor he felt when enlisting in army.
· Reality focuses on the fact that he is disabled and will never be able to return to his old life that he so desperately desires.
· Repetition of “why don’t they come” shows him searching for the honor he felt initially when joining the arm, and yearns for now that he is alone without his leg.
· The use of Similes and Metaphors
o Similes
-Line 4 – “Voices of boys rang saddening like a hymn.”
-Line 13 – “Touch him like some queer disease”
o Metaphor
- “There was an artist silly for his face”
· Poem divided into two separate sections; his life before the war began and reality of life after war.
· Reminiscing focuses on the glory and honor he felt when enlisting in army.
· Reality focuses on the fact that he is disabled and will never be able to return to his old life that he so desperately desires.
· Repetition of “why don’t they come” shows him searching for the honor he felt initially when joining the arm, and yearns for now that he is alone without his leg.
· The use of Similes and Metaphors
o Similes
-Line 4 – “Voices of boys rang saddening like a hymn.”
-Line 13 – “Touch him like some queer disease”
o Metaphor
- “There was an artist silly for his face”