Spedkel SULLILUO
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+ What passing-bells 1 for these who die as cattle?
- Only the monstrous anger of the
guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
4) Can patter out their hasty orisons. 2
No mockeries 3 now for them; no prayers nor
bells;
Nor any voice of mourning save the
choirs,
The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;
"In the Front Line" by State Library of Victoria is
And bugles 4 calling for them from sadlicensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.
shires. 5
4) What candles may be held to speed them all?
Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes.
The pallor 6 of girls' brows shall be their pall; 7
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.
(10)
Explain how the poetic structure develops the Sooners tone. Cite evidence from the poem in your response?