Edward Lowbury makes use of poetic techniques such as irony, insinuation, and wordplay in order to create a humorous tale. His poem “The Huntsman” is all about a hunter named Kagwa who died for lack of common sense and mindless blabbering. The first instance where humor impregnates readers’ hearts is the line, “Talking brought me here.” Lowbury uses this line again in the last stanza to heighten the intensity of the laughter. Besides, the lines, “This Kagwa himself must die” and “The guards said, ‘Kneel down.’” contain an essence of dark humor.