Skill : Reading Comprehension
No. 41
What happen when the soldier dies?
Death of the Soldier
Life contracts and death is expected,
As in the season of autumn,
The soldier falls.
He does not become a three days’ personage,
Imposing his separation,
Calling for pomp.
Death is absolute and without memorial, as in a season of autumn,
When the wind stops.
When the wind stops and over the heavens,
The clouds go, nevertheless,
In their direction.
---Wallace Stevens
Direction: Choose the best answer.
What is the most appropriate tone of the poem?
Violent
Somber
Pompous
Sentimental