Domaleski's lines of poetry discreetly describe the scenes of a battle, while Joel's generally describe the hardships of the American soldiers during the war. "No Word Spoken" stars off by describes some soldiers marching through a forest. They hear something, not knowing what it is they "spread out" to investigate. Monkeys begin moving around and it is now raining, the soldiers are told silently to be "quiet" they "don't breathe".

They see four of the enemy, silently ordered to begin the fight, "grenades fly" and "clips empty". Once the battle is over and there are "no more screams" silent orders are given to get up and search the bodies for anything valuable that can be used on their awaiting journey. Before the soldier leaves he looks

Through this whole battle there was not a single verbal order given, it was all by hand. The use of hand signals instead of words makes the soldiers feel lonely and distraught. It makes a bad situation even worse.

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Approximate Word count = 821
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)