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Part A shows the main theme of the poem which is "Young soldiers don’t know what they’re getting into when they sign up for war." The response options in Part B are:
A. “What a smile! One large lamp for a face,/smaller lanterns where skin stretches over” ( Lines 1-2)
B. “involuntary shudders/when someone, somewhere, steps over/his shallow, unmarked, mass grave.” ( Lines 10-12)
C. “But his smile remains undimmed/ inviting, not knowing what hit him,” ( Lines 13-14)
D. “and a face just like/his figures like him to stop all action/ with a flick of finger on the trigger.” ( Lines 16-18)
Answer:
C. “But his smile remains undimmed/ inviting, not knowing what hit him,” (Lines 13-14)
Explanation:
This question is about the poem "Boy Soldier." The poem shows that the boys summoned to the war have no idea what they will face, are not well trained and do not imagine the terror of a battlefield. Even so, their enlistment is accepted with an inviting smile, as if they are going to have a wonderful and constructive experience.
