I have specifically chosen the poem “Soldier’s Ghost” by Mark R Slaughter because I love how he manages to describe everything with such simple yet beautiful language that explain and show an imagery of his passion. The poet uses rhetorical questions to display his confusion and contemplation of whether the war was necessary or if he had fought for a good reason or if his sacrifice was worth it. “Fighting for my country while you hid Behind your comfort back at home? Still relaxed? My wife and child are fading at the tomb” indicating that he had been fighting for his country but he is not sure if his fight was worth losing his family. “My country was my life to give – Would you for country cease to live?” is another one of his rhetorical questions
