Question

The poem “Counting Small-boned Bodies” is about _____.

Answer 1

Dead vietnamese soldiers

Answer 2

Answer:

Dead Vietnamese soldiers

Explanation:

The poem “Counting Small-Boned Bodies”, written by Robert Bly, is a short poem of ten lines. It has a free verse style and four stanzas structure. The poem is actually, in a way, a satirical protest to the Vietnam War. The name of the poem comes from the practice adopted by the Pentagon of releasing body-count statistics on a daily basis to the press.