Poem Analysis

Five Ways to Kill a Man
By Edwin Brock

The poem, like the title says, is about 5 ways to kill a man in different periods of time. First stanza is about how Jesus died, second is how people fought in medieval times, third is WW1, fourth WW2 and the last stanza is about how can a man die alone now. There is a lot of imagery because it´s describing each situation like: "You can make him carry a plank of wood", "whitw horses, english trees, men with bow and arrows", a mile of mud sliced through with ditches", "black boots,bomb craters", etc. It uses some alliterations but its main purpose is to describe how people suffered during time and how easy is to die nowadays, which is why I like this poem, because it is something new, creative and true.