Danny Deever (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- First Published: 1890
- Type of Work: Narrative
- Genres: Poetry, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Asia or Asians, England or English people, War, Death or dying, India or East Indian people, Soldiers
The Poem
“Danny Deever” is a description of a military execution: the hanging of a British soldier in India for the murder of another soldier in his own regiment. In a combination of responsorial verse reminiscent of a ballad or a hymn, and the observations of a third party, the structure of the four-stanza poem uses the common speech and points of view of representative members of the nineteenth century British army to express one of the most harsh demands of military life.
Danny Deever is the guilty soldier, but the reader learns of this only after an introductory...
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