Turn, Turn, Turn Wallace Stevens's poem "The Death of a Soldier" illustrates life and death in both the natural and human world. Steven's structure and rhythm contribute to the poem. The stern tone, disorder of trochees and uncertainties: fuel the reader's awareness plus desire to know. Negative...

• Word Count: 558
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

This hardening of bacon symbolizes how Krebs's heart has a also hardened after he had returned from the war. ... Therefore the aspect of time has been used an irony throughout the span of this story. ... These two years exposed Krebs to death, blood, war and darkness. ... This relates to a previous metaphor of bacon hardening which is compared to his heart hardening. ...

• Word Count: 823
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School