Question

His smile is like an infant's whose smile is reffer to here ? Why is his smile compared to that of and infant ? Bring out the irony in the line?

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Answer:

"His smile / Is like an infant's"—Whose smile is referred to here? ... In the above-mentioned line, the smile of a dead young soldier is referred to. The poet compared the smile of the young soldier with that of an infant because just like an infant, the young soldier too had an innocent and gentle smile without any guile.

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