the poem carries two voices of presumably wife and husband in which the tone of emergency plays on the stereo typical trembling women, and the voice of the husband who slowly starts to become detatched from the poem.
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''o what is that sound which so thrills the ear, down in the valley drumming drumming
repetition of similair syllables makes it sound like a heart beat in witch the urgency is echoed.
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only the scarlet soldiers, dear
male figure speaks in parataxis which juxtaposes the wife who speaks for longer to heighten the sense of urgency however their speeches are together and so we knowthey are related in some way
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setting and time
the poem is set in rural england but also seems to be in the importane of a military background this may be seen to the use of scarlet soldiers as referring to scottish soldiers or might be a bloody soldier either way it creates mystery and suspense.
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narrative perspective and time
is set out at the same time they run ith eachother and the pace can be followed so as auden makes it faster the more fearfull attitude is inflicted on the audience.
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form
its a poem written in a ballad form with the use of enjambment it allows auden to be an effective story teller and also ther is use of the regular quatrain pattern in which auden may be suggesting for many women during the war this was a regular day
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auden also uses imabic penatameter
not only makes the sound of a heart beat louder but the soldiers footsteps this is proleptic as the tone itself tells us that there is foreshadowing danger.
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the refrain of o
makes the poem lryicalbut also has a different menaing in each stanza mostly urgency.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
repetition of similair syllables makes it sound like a heart beat in witch the urgency is echoed.
Back
''o what is that sound which so thrills the ear, down in the valley drumming drumming
Card 3
Front
male figure speaks in parataxis which juxtaposes the wife who speaks for longer to heighten the sense of urgency however their speeches are together and so we knowthey are related in some way
Back
Card 4
Front
the poem is set in rural england but also seems to be in the importane of a military background this may be seen to the use of scarlet soldiers as referring to scottish soldiers or might be a bloody soldier either way it creates mystery and suspense.
Back
Card 5
Front
is set out at the same time they run ith eachother and the pace can be followed so as auden makes it faster the more fearfull attitude is inflicted on the audience.
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