Haix, sorry everyone if this is being posted on the wrong forum. I could not find one dedicated to poems. So if needed, feel free to lock this thread and please re-direct me to the right 1. Cheers
Ok here it goes.
The Man He Killed
from “The Dynasts” by Thomas Hardy (1915)
“Had he and I but met
By some old ancient inn,
We should have sat us down to wet
Right many a nipperkin!
“But ranged as infantry,
And staring face to face,
I shot at him as he at me,
And killed him in his place.
“I shot him dead because—
Because he was my foe,
Just so: my foe of course he was;
ThatÂ’s clear enough; although
“He thought he’d ’list, perhaps,
Off-hand like—just as I—
Was out of work—had sold his traps—
No other reason why.
“Yes; quaint and curious war is!
You shoot a fellow down
YouÂ’d treat, if met where any bar is,
Or help to half-a-crown.”
Please comment on as many poetic deviced being used and specific where it is being used, and maybe effects of the usage.
All attempts to help appreciated! Tks.
