<P> The form is a dialogue , between a young and inexperienced soldier ( or soldiers ; he is given as `` Files - on - Parade '' , suggesting a group ) and a more experienced and older NCO ( `` the Colour - Sergeant '' ) . The setting is an execution , generally presumed to be somewhere in India ; a soldier , one Danny Deever , has been tried and sentenced to death for murdering a fellow soldier in his sleep , and his battalion is paraded to see the hanging . This procedure strengthened discipline in the unit , by a process of deterrence , and helped inure inexperienced soldiers to the sight of death . </P>
<P> The form is a dialogue , between a young and inexperienced soldier ( or soldiers ; he is given as `` Files - on - Parade '' , suggesting a group ) and a more experienced and older NCO ( `` the Colour - Sergeant '' ) . The setting is an execution , generally presumed to be somewhere in India ; a soldier , one Danny Deever , has been tried and sentenced to death for murdering a fellow soldier in his sleep , and his battalion is paraded to see the hanging . This procedure strengthened discipline in the unit , by a process of deterrence , and helped inure inexperienced soldiers to the sight of death . </P>
who are the two characters who speak in danny deever
who are the two characters who speak in danny deever
a young and inexperienced soldier ( or soldiers ; he is given as `` Files - on - Parade '' , suggesting a group ) a more experienced and older NCO ( `` the Colour - Sergeant '' )
a young and inexperienced soldier ( or soldiers ; he is given as `` Files - on - Parade '' , suggesting a group ) a more experienced and older NCO ( `` the Colour - Sergeant '' )