The Man He Killed

Question 1

Context

Answer 1

On another life the soldier may have been friends with the random man he was forced to kill in war

Question 2

Structure 1

Answer 2

Regular rhyme scheme- ABAB making it sound like a nursery rhyme however the nature of the poem is not that of a nursery rhyme making the the rhyme scheme kind of ironic

Question 3

Structure 2

Answer 3

Ballad- telling story to express his changing and differing emotions throughout

Question 4

Language 1

Answer 4

“He,him” third person, showing he doesn’t want to think of the damage to the person- because of how hard it is for him to accept

Question 5

Language 2

Answer 5

Repetition of “foe” show he is constantly trying to convince himself the man he killed was an enemy

Question 6

Language 3

Answer 6

Caesura is used in the 4th stanza, as if he is trying to gather him thoughts, coming to realisation then talking again