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EPITAPHS OF THE WAR, 1914-18: COMMON FORM by RUDYARD KIPLING

Poet Analysis

First Line: IF ANY QUESTION WHY WE DIED
Last Line: TELL THEM, BECAUSE OUR FATHERS LIED.
Subject(s): WAR; WORLD WAR I; FIRST WORLD WAR;

If any question why we died
Tell them, because our fathers lied.



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