Remains quotes, form and structure

Question 1

On ______ occasion, ______ got ______ out

Answer 1

On another occasion, we got sent out

Question 2

s______-st______, s______ s______ land

Answer 2

sun-stunned, sand smothered land

Question 3

But near to the ______, here and ______,

his ______ life in my ______ hands

Answer 3

But near to the knuckle, here and now,

his bloody life in my bloody hands

Question 4

Structure?

Answer 4

Begins mid-action ( like Bayonet charge)
the unstable opening reflects how the soldiers themselves are feeling.
Repetition of somebody else-initially he shifts the blame to others. As the poem progresses, he changes from ‘somebody else’ to ‘my’ which shows that he is taking responsibility for what he did during War