Appreciation of Hardy's "Drummer Hodge".

... Tosin Abdullai Appreciation of Hardy's "Drummer Hodge". Thomas Hardy's "Drummer Hodge' is a poem that laments on the horrors of war. It particularly focuses on the personal tragedy of a young innocent boy from Hardy's Wessex. This is however effective due to the fact that it makes the character win over more sympathy from us readers as we are able to acknowledge to a greater extent, the tragedy of this individual. The first verse tells us that the "Drummer Hodge" was thrown into a grave uncoffined which shows the lack of acknowledgement for his life and character. This portrays a feeling of sadness. Through this, a message of the cruel nature of war and death are conveyed to the readers, as his corpse is treated with no respect. The phrase "just as found" also makes evident the unimportance of this character, as it is more suitable for the description

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