Question

critical appreciation of after blenheim by robert southey for icse project

Answer 1

After Blenheim” by Robert Southey is based on the most famous battle of the Spanish succession (1701-1714), popularly known as the Battle of Blenheim. It is an antiwar poem in the form of a ballad in which two children seek information from their grandfather about a skull they found in the field. The grandfather tells them about the war that resulted in destruction of several houses, civilian casualties, rotting corpses and inhumanity.