 Studying BNA charge? Here's how you can analyse this poem. In terms of structure this poem is written as three stanzas. The poem begins in media ray which means in the middle of action. This throws us as the audience right into the centre of the war. The alliteration and hyperbole in line five shows just how terrifying this war was for this soldier. The symbol in line eight is really powerful because it's emphasising this soldier's sheer feeling of terror. The repetition of the verb running shows that the soldier is reacting to orders without even understanding why he's doing it. The symbol in line 16 is powerful in showing how this hair, this innocent creature was killed in this terrifying war. The listing in line 20 highlights the values that soldiers are taught to defend however they seem pointless when he's facing his own mortality. The symbol shows he's only thinking about his survival and the alliteration highlights the terrifying experience of warfare a soldier.