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The work does not give an account of a particular charge, a particular battle or a particular soldier. The man has a dominant presence in the poem, as indicated by the repetition of the pronouns 'he' and 'his' - six times each. Has no rank or name. He is presented quickly in the first line. As we might meet him in the heat of battle.
This helps the poem become a narrative of action. No enemy appears but the verses are full of movement and detail. In fact, the work really imagines how a soldier's attention, even under fire, can be distracted. He might find strange events to focus on the ground beneath him, nature around him or his place in the universe. These are all recurring themes in Hughes' poetry but they serve well in this work to illustrate the mad need to escape from horror.
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