author
Thomas Hardy
summary
a soldier's regret for killing/actions from war
speaker
soldier
POV
1st person
*dramatic monologue*
the speaker is speaking intimately to the reader
tone
anti-war, regretful, remorseful, guilty
form
5 stanzas
20 lines
4-8 words per line
*quatrains*
meter
iambic *trimeter(3 sets)* and iambic *tetrameter(4 sets)*
shifts
exposition,rising action, climax, reflection/inner conflict, searching for meaning, resolution, senselessness of war
*rhyme*
end rhyme=ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GHGH, IJIJ and internal rhyme=foe, so
*enjambment*
multiple examples...
repetition
face to face, because, *he*
*understatement*
"quaint and curious war is"-makes war seem like nothing
*caesura*
the dashes create pauses
*message*
the futility(senselessness) of war
