this short ballad is a heart-rending ,courageous story of a young soldier. maney brave soldgers like him have laid down there lifes all around the world ,leaving behind grieving parents , wives and children .all theseprecious lives are lost to satisfy thewhims of some unreasonable, cruel, blood-thirsty and over ambitious rulers . even after undergoing such miseries time and again , the world does not have better sense and judgement.
This poem with a regular ryme schme touched a chord in the reader's heart. there is just one character that prevails throughout the poem. it is a soldier boy. the poem has never given his name nor his country. he can have any name;he can belong to any country. A soldier like him is found in all ages and places .we have built memorials for such soldiers who have made supreme sacrifices for there countries but maney of them have gone un sung. We can only carry forward the torcher they have left behind us.It is our duty to follow in there footsteps. at the same time, we must say a big"no" to all wars. wars never solve any problems , rather they create more.
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