I'm not a teacher, but an awakener.
Have I not walked without an upward look Of caution under stars that very well Might not have missed me when they shot and fell? It was a risk I had to take-and took.
Pressed into service means pressed out of shape.
They would not find me changed from him they knew - only more sure of all I thought was true.
The only way round is through.
Style is that which indicates how the writer takes himself and what he is saying. It is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward.