The Man He Killed

Question 1

The message throughput the poem is what?

Answer 1

Universal message regarding conflict.

Question 2

What ate the stanzas like?

Answer 2

Juxtaposing.

Question 3

What is the rhyme scheme like?

Answer 3

Regular rhyme scheme with some internal rhyme.

Question 4

What does the rhyme highlight?

Answer 4

The repetitive nature of war.

Question 5

What does the poem lack?

Answer 5

Real emotion or explicit violence as you might expect.

Question 6

The view of war is…

Answer 6

Reflective and retrospective.

Question 7

What are the sentences like throughout the poem?

Answer 7

Fractured.

Question 8

Why is the punctuation used?

Answer 8

To justify act of killing.

Question 9

What type of language is used and why?

Answer 9

Archaic language to reflect nature of war fare.

Question 10

What is the simple language contrasted with?

Answer 10

Serious message and subject matter.

Question 11

What does the play begin and end with?

Answer 11

Image of men in the bar.

Circular structure.

Question 12

What does the poet juxtapose?

Answer 12

Different scenarios between the 2 men drinking in a bar and killing each other on the battle field.

Question 13

The title”The Man He Killed”

Answer 13

3rd person.

Anonymous, makes the message of the poem universal.

Question 14

What kind of conflict does the poem present?

Answer 14

Moral conflict.

Killing someone because they are your enemy.

Question 15

What do the speech marks tell us?

Answer 15

Its a dramatic monologue.

Question 16

What is a dramatic monologue?

Answer 16

A poem in the form of a speech by an imagined person, revealing aspects of the character whilst describing a particular situation.

Question 17

“He and I”

Answer 17

Introduces 2 men.

Main characters.

Question 18

“Old ancient inn”

Answer 18

Like an old story or fable, with obvious message.

Question 19

“Nipperkin!”

Answer 19

Small measure of spirit.

Civilised behaviour.

Question 20

What does the second stanza do?

Answer 20

Juxtaposes with previous stanza.

Question 21

“ranged as infantry”

Answer 21

Foot soldiers.

Intimate and brutal battle.

Question 22

“I shot at him as he at me”

Answer 22

Lambic tetrameter.

Question 23

“And killed him in his place”

Answer 23

Void of any real emotion.

Very factual/declarative.

Question 24

What do full stops add?

Answer 24

A sense of finality.

Question 25

Which is lambic tetrameter?

Answer 25

Refers to a line consisting of 4 iambic feet.

Question 26

What happens in the 3rd stanza?

Answer 26

Change of tone.

Question 27

The change of tone in the 3rd stanza highlights what?

Answer 27

The poet trying to justify his actions.

Question 28

“Because -“

Answer 28

Change of tone.

Reinforced by the hyphen.

Question 29

What does the simplistic rhyme scheme do?

Answer 29

Highlights the serious nature of war and highlights the futility of the ‘death of the foe’.

Question 30

What does the conversational style highlight?

Answer 30

The futility of war.

Question 31

“off-hand like - just as i-“

Answer 31

Dashes highlight the casual approach to war, which is condemned by the poe.

Question 32

“No other reason why”

Answer 32

This is reinforced with the use of a short sentence.

Question 33

What happens in stanza 4?

Answer 33

Narrator with the dead soldier.

Question 34

“Yes; quaint and curious war is!”

Answer 34

Deeply ironic statement.

The poet has proven that this is not the case.

Question 35

“you shoot a fellow down”

Answer 35

Positive language.

Juxtaposes with severity of situation.