Base Details

Base Details

1. Theme

   • Anger and bitterness
   • Anti- war poem
   • Attacking attitudes of "Majors"

2. Tone

   • Sarcastic and satirical
   • Tone of disgust

3. Imagery

   • "Fierce", "bald"- Tells us they are high in status and that they are older men in a comedic way
   • "Speed glum heroes"- Rushing the real heroes to their deaths

4. Sound

   • Rhyme- ABABCDCDCDEE
   • Alliteration “puffy petulant face” “guzzling and gargling” used when describing the majors

5. P.O.V

   • Poet imagines himself as a high ranking military officer sending young soldiers to death.

6. Language

   • "Base"- Pun. Low morals and base camp
   • "Scarlet Majors"- Pun. Blood on their hands and red face due to fat
   • Rhyming couplet