The Man He Killed

1.) Half-a-crown is a crown formally used in Great Britain, worth two shillings and sixpence.

2.) He uses the word because twice in a row, as a way to justify his actions for killing the man that he could have possibly killed because they were "Foe's". The Speaker clearly feels remorse for his action because, he killed a man who could have been someone he met in a pub and became friends with. He repeats himself, and restates his reason for killing the man, only for himself, as way to make it okay for himself. Although symbolizes the second thoughts that the man is having about killing the other man.

3.) The Man He Killed, is in fact an Anti-War statement. It's sending the message then when people are in battle they kill people who they know nothing about, people who they could have gotten a long with. People who may have been very special to them. This is an "elevated thought" by one Thomas Hardy, he gets his message across by using symbols and repetitions that allow people to analyze the piece and understand the message as an art form. Rather than writing a paragraph about his opinion, he writes a poem, to make it interesting to the readers. Information you can get from anywhere, there are probably several books and web pages that contain anti-war statements. But poetry has a uniqueness about it, it is your job as a reader to understand the message, and your not only gaining that information, but your studying a piece of art that tests your brain.