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The poem's central situation

The poem's central situation

Thomas Hardy's “Drummer Hodge” presents the unceremonious burial of a young British soldier during the Second Boer War. Hodge is buried far from Wessex, the English region associated with his home, and has no personal connection with the South African landscape.

2.1.5 Drummer Hodge by Thomas Hardy Lesson

  1. GCSE
  2. /English Literature
  3. /2.1.5 Drummer Hodge by Thomas Hardy

Step-by-step lessons on Eduqas GCSE English Literature 2.1.5 Drummer Hodge by Thomas Hardy. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Work through your set texts (Shakespeare, the 19th-century prose text, the post-1914 text, and the poetry anthology) alongside regular unseen-poetry practice, since Component 2's unseen poetry section is usually the most time-pressured on exam day.

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