Poet's Use Of Mockery As Diction In Poem
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The poet's use of mockery as diction conveys his disillusioned attitude
toward the men that plan the battles without actually fighting in them. Using
the words “If I were fierce, and bald, and short of breath,” to describe the
majors allows the reader to picture the majors as old, fat, out o ....
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.... well; Yes, we've lost heavily in this last scrap.' " of casual
language attempts to make the war seem carefree and nonchalant. The word "chap"
conveys an casual attitude towards the heroes as people. It seems to elevate
the status of the majors to a false superior position. "Scrap" makes it seems as
if the soldier's death occurred on a playground, not a battlefield. It seems to
trivialize war in general.
"And when the war is done and the youth stone dead,
I'd toddle safel ....
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