XXVII
“IS my team ploughing,
That I was used to drive
And hear the harness jingle
When I was man alive?”
Ay, the horses trample,
The harness jingles now;
No change though you lie under
The land you used to plough.
“Is football playing
Along the river shore,
With lads to chase the leather,
Now I stand up no more?”
Ay, the ball is flying,
The lads play heart and soul;
The goal stands up, the keeper
“Now I stand up no more?” simply emphasizes the fact that we are indeed talking to a dead man. And the joy, life, and sense of action we get from the next paragraph gives us a very clear contrast to that line.
Is My Team Ploughing