Analysis
* Brutality of war CF. Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen http://www.warpoetry.co.uk/owen1.html
"Dead! both my boys!"
* Criticizing war and imperialism CF. The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Tennyson
"When Venice and Rome keep their new jubilee, When your flag takes all heaven for its white, green, and red,When you have your country from mountain to sea, When King Victor has Italy’s crown on his head, (And I have my Dead)"
* Lack of empathy
"I fell down at his feet, While they cheered in the street."
* Loss, death
* Death vs life
* Pain and suffering
* Absence of father/husband figure; male figure to the end
"Dead! One of them shot by the sea in the east, And one of them shot in the west by the sea. Both! both my boys!"
* Men's desire to dominate and conquer ironically leads to their deaths; woman alive
* Concept of karma
* Ironic: woman portrayed as a figure of strength and endurance
"Some women bear children in strength, And bite back the cry of their pain in self-scorn"
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