-- - . Robert Lenihan said the poem is a bit unlike the father he grew up with . It tells the anguish felt by those who lost a man in battle . It was the only poem that Lenihan is known to have written , his children included . A professor calls it ` ` accomplished , '' reminiscent of well - known works .
It tells the anguish felt by those who lost a man in battle . It was the only poem that Lenihan is known to have written , his children included . A professor calls it ` ` accomplished , '' reminiscent of well - known works .