Commentary for Vernon Smith: Ap literature: If We Must Die

Ap literature: If We Must Die: If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs, Making their m...


This poem was on Vernon's blog. Immediately after I read the poem, I thought of all the people that are in the military fighting for this country. They die for the country they serve. I thought of a scene where an enemy is killing one of our soldiers. If he dies, he knows his death was not in vain and that the country will benefit from the blood that shed. Even though there are soldiers that die in the battlefields, they die nobly knowing they served a purpose.