... not after the negative effects of war. During war, soldiers fight because of their fear of death, causing their survival instinct to take over. They fight because the leaders and generals tell them to, meanwhile the leaders do not know the real horrors of war. Tim Kahlor remarks that he originally ... of encountering death when he says, "I have a rendezvous with Death/ On some scarred slope of battered hill,/ When Spring comes around again this year/ And the first meadow-flower appear". In this excerpt, even though he speaks about spring, which is a season that everyone looks forward to,...

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• Grade Level: High School