... with the overall form of the poem, shall we? We shall. So check it out: like any sonnet, "The Soldier" has 14 lines. Now, most sonnets are subdivided into two groups: the first eight lines (called the octave) and the last six lines (the sestet). In general, the octave introduces a problem ... And yet this poem isn't exactly, 100% in the English style. Let's roll it back for second. There are in fact many different types of sonnets, but the two most common are the Petrarchan sonnet (named after the famous Italian sonneteer Francesco Petrarca) and the Shakespearean (or English) sonnet. The...

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... to get an education, a job, a wife, kids, etc. He was not fortunate enough to experience the great things he could have achieved in life. This poem is like one of Shakespeare's sonnets, which were generally love poems, showing how he loved his son. However it is cut short by 2 lines illustrating how his son's life was cut short. This poem has a few ... ...

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