Question

What is meter of the poem I sing the battle by Henry Kemp?

Answer 1

SING the song of the great clean guns that belch forth death at will.

"Ah, but the wailing mothers, the lifeless forms and still!"

 

I sing the song of the billowing flags, the bugles that cry before.

"Ah, but the skeletons flapping rags, the lips that speak no more!"

 

I sing the clash of bayonets, of sabres that flash and cleave.

"And wilt thou sing the maimed ones, too, that go with pinnedup sleeve?"

 

I sing acclaimed generals that bring the victory home.

"Ah, but the broken bodies that drip like honey-comb!"

 

I sing of hosts triumphant, long ranks of marching men.

"And wilt thou sing the shadowy hosts that never march again?"

 

 



 

Answer 2

Answer:

what are the two feelings contradicted in the poem