Question

By referring to tue incidents in the poem,state how after blenheim can be said to be an anti war poem??

Answer 1

“After Blenheim” is an anti-war poem by Robert Southey. This poem describes the Battle of Blenheim that took place in the year 1704 through a conversation between an old man and his grandchildren. This poem depicts a common man's ignorance about the causalities of war and the pointless grandeur of it.

Answer 2

AFTER BLENHIEM HAS A SCATHING CRITICISM OF THE HORRORS OF WAR . IT SHOWS THE INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY POLITICS AND WAR ARE MATTERS WHICH ARE CUT OFF FROM THE LIVES OF COMMON MEN . IN AN OUTBURST OF PRAISE FOR THE HEROES WHO WON THE WAR ,OLD KASPER REVEALS THE TYPICAL INABILITY OF AN ORDINARY CITIZEN TO GRASP THE REASON WHY THE WAR T

TOOK PLACE.