19 pages • 38-minute read
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In the aftermath of gunfire and moral uncertainty, Thomas Hardy's soldier contemplates a chance encounter that might have been friendship rather than fatal confrontation. Test your understanding of this powerful anti-war poem that questions the very nature of conflict and human decency.
