The Friendship Only Lasted A Few Seconds

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In the poem, The Friendship Only Lasted A Few Seconds written by Lily Lee Adams, the overall tone is consistently solemn. The narrator conveys her tone about war through her relationship with the soldier when she states, “After all the friendship only lasted a few seconds” (Lines 30-31, Adams). This demonstrates the limited time the speaker has to encounter the moribund soldier. This line makes light of the speaker's tone as gloomy due to the fact that she has nearly acquainted this soldier, yet he is at death's doorstep. Another example is when the speaker exclaims, “I felt I was in second place” (Lines 14-15, Adams). The nurse feels like a replacement for Mary, and cannot help but feel downhearted that the actually person cannot be there

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