His early work underlines nature and Gurneys love for the English countryside, which he utilized to contrast his experiences during the war. ... He began composing music at the age of 14, which eventually led him to earn a scholarship to Royal College of Music, where English composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams, taught him (13). However his studies were quickly halted by the outbreak of World War I. ... The poem is structured with four stanzas, each five lines, which consist of three free verse lines (ABC) and a rhyming couplet (DD). ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate