what similarity do you find in the octave and sestet in the poem ' Asleep in the Valley'?
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The two red holes’ mentioned in the last line of the poem are actually bullet wounds.
These fatal wounds received in the war front are the cause of his untimely and unfortunate death.
> The line reveals the pity of war. In warfare, the youth become the inevitable victims.
Therefore, the soldier who sleeps peacefully in the valley in a picturesque setting is presented to bring out the sense of pity in the readers because he is actually dead.
The two bullet wounds have ended his life.
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The rhyme scheme is abab cdcd eef ggf. The poet also alternates masculine and feminine rhymes, consonant sounds with vowel sounds in the final syllable of each line. Written in the Italian (Petrarchan) sonnet form,'Asleep In The Valley' is a genius work indeed.
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