2. Read the excerpt from Conrad Aiken's poem "1915: The Trenches," and compare and contrast the poem with "Ambush." Click here to view the story. Explain two ways in which
the elements of the poem are similar to those in the story, and provide examples from both
texts to support your response. Then explain three ways in which the two texts differ,
supporting your answer with examples. Be sure to relate these elements in terms of the
genres they represent and how they affect the overall pieces.
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All night long, it has seemed for many years,
We have heard the terrible sound of guns,
All night long we have lain and watched the calm stars.
We cannot sleep, though we are tired,
The sound of guns is in our ears...
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Read the excerpt from hemingway’s a farewell to arms. we parked the cars beyond the brickyard. the ovens and some deep holes had been equipped as dressing stations. there were three doctors that i knew. i talked with the major and learned that when it should start and our cars should be loaded we would drive them back along the screened road and up to the main road along the ridge where there would be a post and other cars to clear them. which best describes hemingway’s style of writing in the excerpt? straightforward and simple, while still relating a lot of information to the reader long-winded and offering far too much information to the reader overly complicated, making it difficult to interpret and understand the text effortless and uncomplicated, with little meaning for the reader to interpret