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…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.