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Peter Davidson's The Last Word
I believe the Poem, The Last Word, by Peter Davidson is about the slaughtering of an innocent animal by a novice butcher. The reluctance of the action expressed in the poem makes it obvious that the killer is inexperienced with killing animals because they still have a hard time committing the action. And we are going off of the idea that no man is innocent, the one executed would have to be some kind of animal. The animal in the story most likely grew up in captivity and had its spirit broken a long time ago. Proof of this would be in lines 2 to 3, saying, "You shed no tear--not near me--but held your neck/Bare for the blow..." A creature that won't fight back in the slightest and is ready for death undoubtedly had its will to live
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