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…showed last 75 words of 271 total…shows the likeliness of death for those in front lines and distinguishes the difference of it comparing to the Majors who return safely from war and die a natural death without the cruelty. The title of this poem is a pun because the word base is a pun as the base means both the headquarters of an army and it also means despicable and cowardly. This justifies the initiation of his purpose of the poem.