Haunting Voices: Thomas Hardy's Boer War Poetry.

The article explores the haunting voices in Thomas Hardy's Boer War poetry. It examines Hardy's interrogation of military campaign through voices in the departure of troops at the outbreak of the Boer War, the influence of the Crimean War in his poetry, depiction of the scenes of London, England and the death of the drummer boy, and the use of dactylic sound and sense of the word drearily to counter the seductive sound of patriotic and warlike poetry.