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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SILENT BATTLE, by SARA TEASDALE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He was a soldier in that fight Last Line: His enemy had turned his friend Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | |||
(In Memory of J. W. T. Jr.) He was a soldier in that fight Where there is neither flag nor drum, And without sound of musketry The stealthy foemen come. Year in, year out, by day and night They forced him to a slow retreat, And for his gallant fight alone No fife was blown, and no drum beat. In winter fog, in gathering mist The gray grim battle had its end, And at the very last we knew His enemy had turned his friend. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND |
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