is ▁witness es ▁his ▁fellow ▁soldiers ▁being ▁shot ▁and ▁blow n ▁to ▁pieces ▁around ▁him . ▁At ▁last , ▁he ▁is ▁wounded ▁by ▁sh rap nel ▁and ▁cr um ples ▁to ▁the ▁ground . ▁After ▁hours ▁of ▁lying ▁in ▁no ▁man ' s ▁land , ▁Ell is ▁is ▁ev acu ated ▁to ▁an ▁aid ▁post , ▁where ▁he ▁succ umb s ▁to ▁his ▁inj uries . ▁His ▁parents ▁are ▁dev ast ated ▁when ▁they ▁receive ▁a ▁tele gram ▁inform ing ▁them ▁of ▁Ell is ' ▁death . ▁J ini ▁we eps ▁incon sol ably ▁as ▁she ▁reads ▁Ell is ' ▁last ▁letter , ▁in ▁which ▁her ▁bel oved ▁proposed ▁marriage ▁in ▁a ▁poem . ▁Mary ▁Catherine , ▁in ▁a ▁last ▁t ribute ▁to ▁her ▁friend , ▁cast s ▁the ▁manuscript ▁of ▁Ell is ' ▁poem ▁R hy fel ▁( W ar ) ▁into ▁the ▁river . ▁ ▁The ▁Evans ▁family ▁receives ▁another ▁tele gram ▁which ▁announ ces ▁that ▁Ell is ' ▁submission ▁has ▁won ▁the ▁National ▁E isted df od . ▁To ▁the ▁sound ▁of ▁R . ▁Williams ▁Par ry ' s ▁Eng lyn ion ▁coff a ▁Hed d ▁W yn ▁( Eng lyn ion ▁in ▁memory ▁of ▁Hed d ▁W yn ), ▁the ▁chair ▁which ▁Ell is ▁has ▁dream ed ▁of ▁all ▁his ▁life ▁is ▁delivered ▁to ▁his ▁parents ' ▁farm house , ▁ro bed ▁in ▁black . ▁ ▁Comment ary ▁Hed d ▁W yn ▁has ▁been ▁c ited ▁by ▁Kate ▁Wood ward ▁of ▁Aber yst w yth ▁University ▁as ▁one ▁of