JAMB - Literature In English (1982 - No. 23)
'Was it so hard, Achilles,
So very hard to die?
Thou knowest and i know not-
So much the happier am i'
This verse is taken from a poem written by a soldier at the battle-front. He clearly sees dying in battle as
So very hard to die?
Thou knowest and i know not-
So much the happier am i'
This verse is taken from a poem written by a soldier at the battle-front. He clearly sees dying in battle as
glorious
patriotic
brave and desirable
a good experience
he may be brave but undesirable.
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