Answer:
The narrator of the "A Shropshire Lad" is an unhappy and pessimistic young soldier.
Explanation:
Alfred Edward Housman's collection of poem "A Shropshire Lad" was narrated by a young but pessimistic soldier who had lost a lot of people. This is a collection of sixty- three poems that shows sacrifice of the Shropshire lads who had died while serving the Queen.
And added to their deaths, he is surrounded by the themes of death even in the poetry he reads. He talks of the sacrifice of these men, "<em>the land they perished for</em>" implying the patriotic zeal in the soldiers. It's as if the feeling and concept of death or dying is meant to be with him as long as he lives.
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Answer:
While the nonfictional text refers to realistic stories centered on real events and people, on the contrary, fictional text applies to narrative, locations, and characters created from the author's imagination.
Explanation:
Texts that deals with actual facts is known as to as nonfiction. The author's vision is what gives rise to fictional text , in contrast. While nonfiction may be divided into topics like health, finances, interior design, and more realistic topics. Fictional text covers a wide range of genres including romance, science fiction, thrillers, and so on.