Question

Give a character sketch of the soldier. Describe his occupation, social class, and level of education. In the poem the man who killed by thomas hardy

Answer 1

The speaker recalls a time when he shot a man in war, and realizes that if they had met at a bar instead of on the battlefield, they could have had a grand ol' time. The speaker then goes on to describe how he killed the guy and tries to explain why. But in the end, the speaker doesn't have a good reason for killing the man, because the other man was a complete stranger, and what did he ever do to this guy