Victorian Literature Mrs. Roe

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Victorian Literature Mrs. Roe

• The Man He Killed
• Thomas Hardy

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Personal Reaction

• I like the use of dialogue in the poem because it
  seems more personal.
• The words are simple and make it easy to
  understand the poem shot, treat, etc.
• I also like how the poem connects to something
  that could actually happen the man is killed
  during war, but might be his friend in another
  situation.

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Summary

• A soldier in the poem has killed an enemy during
  a battle. The soldier realizes that if the two
  had met under different circumstances they might
  have been friends. He imagines that they may
  have been co-workers. The soldier also wonders
  what the point of war really is.

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Figure of Speech irony

• Verbal irony is found in the poem in the line
  Yes, quaint and curious war is!
• The word quaint implies that something is subtle
  and kind, yet the poem is about war which is
  cruel and evil.
• The soldier in the poem wants the world to be
  quaint and kind, but people wont allow that to
  happen.

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Victorian Aspects

• The poem reflects the idea of war from the
  Victorian era through the soldiers experience.
• The poem reflects the need for simplicity during
  this era through its simple words.
• The poem connects to the time period by
  referencing the soldiers social status as being
  low.

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Annotated Bibliography

• http//www.google.com/search?qvictorianimagessa
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• This site had images from the Victorian period.
• http//www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173594
• This site has a copy of the poem to read.
• http//www.shmoop.com/man-he-killed/
• This site provided a summary of the poem and
  someones opinion of what the poem means.