‘The Drum’, and how war is presented in it:
• The use of the drum as a symbol for war (throughout)
• The (repeated) onomatopoeia to describe the drum as a bringer of discord (‘drum’s discordant sound’)
• The personal emotions: ‘I hate...’
• The personal emotions: ‘I hate...’
• ‘Emotive’ language opposed to the effects of war: ‘lures’, ‘sell’, tawdry’ , ‘ravaged’, ‘catalogue of human woes’
• Emphatic alliteration, ‘fight, and fall, in foreign lands’ (‘fall’: impression of an inevitable outcome)
• The ominous repetition (‘round, and round, and round’)
• The damage to the land (‘ravaged’)
• The focus on the families of those killed (‘widows’ tears, and orphans’ moans’)
• The personification of ‘Ambition’ and ‘Misery’
See you tomorrow! :)