Read the poem and answer the question I'm going soldering: Mad the rhythm runs With drumming and with trumpeting And glory of the guns. I've come home again...

Assessment: WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2013 (Objective) Subject: Literature In English

Question 1 Report

Read the poem and answer the question

I'm going soldering:
Mad the rhythm runs
With drumming and with trumpeting
And glory of the guns.

I've come home again:
I know that blood is red;
I know how sodden falls the rain
Where flesh lies dead.

The two contrasting moods in the poem is are
Answer Details
The two contrasting moods in the poem are excitement and disappointment. The first stanza conveys the speaker's excitement as they prepare to go soldering, with the rhythm running madly and the glory of the guns. However, in the second stanza, the speaker's mood changes to disappointment as they reflect on the reality of war, with the knowledge that blood is red and the rain falls heavily on dead flesh.

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