The poem’s central situation
The poem’s central situation
The poem is a dramatic monologue: one speaker addresses a silent listener and reveals his character through what he says. The speaker is an ordinary soldier reflecting on killing an enemy during the Boer War.
Step-by-step lessons on OCR GCSE English Literature 2.2.6 The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Work through your set texts (Shakespeare, the 19th-century novel, the modern text, and the poetry cluster) alongside regular unseen-extract practice, since both components include unseen comparison questions that are usually the most time-pressured.