Commentary Escape

The introduction given about the poem along with, the rhyme scheme, diction, and allusions Graves uses in this poem describe the experience of dying but coming back to life, and furthered tone.

Introduction

-"August 6, 1916.—Officer previously reported died of wounds, now reported wounded: Graves, Captain R., Royal Welch Fusiliers.)"

- introduction gives the audience some information about the poem to guide the readers thoughts

- starts the reader off with the strangeness of dying and coming back to life

-from the description we also understand that it is an experience of his own

Rhyme

- AABBCCDD...

- Gives the poem a pattern (related to heart beat?)

Diction

-the diction furthers the idea that the narrator is dead

-Greek Mythology

-Christian

-Panic

-Medical