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1. How different and how similar are the two men in the poem? What do they have in common? 2. Does Hardy share the views of the speaker in the poem? Explain your reasons. 3. Why is the poem written in speech marks()? What does that suggest? 4. Why does Hardy use third person in the title? 5. Why does the soldier say that war is "quaint and curious"? Does Hardy want the reader to agree with this view? Explain your reasons.