Who is The Dead Beat from Collected Poems and what is their importance? Collected_Poems English & Literature The Dead Beat | Collected Poems

The Dead Beat is a soldier who collapses while on march. The other soldiers believe that he might just be faking an injury..... but the stretcher-bearers that carry him away assure the men that something is legitimately wrong with the soldier. The Dead Beat is taken to the hospital, where he dies shortly after his arrival.