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The format, or syntax, of the poem is especially important to the meaning. This poem has very little to no punctuation. This leads to the belief that this is being sad very quickly with no concern toward the reader's comprehension. The man being quoted begins his speech with phrases from patriotic songs followed my paradoxical word that point out how Americans should not really be so patriotic. For example he says, "why talk of beauty what could be more beautiful than these heroic dead" This line points out that we are at home talking about the war and being patriotic there are men who are dead because of it and there is no beauty in that.