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

Poet Analysis

First Line: ON THE FIRST HOUR OF MY FIRST DAY
Last Line: STAND UP TO WATCH IT WELL.)
Subject(s): DEATH; WAR; WORLD WAR I; DEAD, THE; FIRST WORLD WAR;
On the first hour of my first day
In the front trench I fell.
(Children in boxes at a play
Stand up to watch it well.)


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