I find them in the garden,
For there is many here about,
And often when I go to plough,
The plough share turns them out!
For many thousand men, said he,
'Were slain in that great victory
My father lived at Blenheim then,
You little stream hard by
They burnt his dwelling to the ground,
And he was forced to fly
So with his wife and child he fled,
Nor had he where to rest his head
A) What does Kasper find in the garden? Why
does he say this at this moment?
B) What does Peterkin ask his grandfather to
tell them? What does Whilhelmine do?
C) Between whom was the war fought? Whowon the war?
D) What is Old Kasper not able to tell his
grandchildren? Why do you think he is notable to do so?
E) How was Old Kasper's family affected bythe war?
Answers
Explanation:
I think you should take help from your teacher.
Because understanding the poem is more essential than just writing the answers of the questions.
Provide the context of the given lines. Old Kaspar has found many such skulls
of the soldiers who died in the Battle
of Blenheim. He said that there werea thousand men died in the famous. victory of Battle of Blenheim.
(b) Who is 'I' in the fireet of the given linsen 'T' is here the protagonist of story, Old Kaspar, grandfather of Peterkin and Wilhelmine
(C)
What does the ploughshare turen out?
What does it speak out? The ploughshare turns out the skull of the soldiers who died during the Blenheim war. I to speaks about the result of the Blenheim ware in the which thousands of soldiers were killed. (d) Which great victory is referred to ? The great victory refers to the Victory of England Over the French
in the Blenheim war. (e) Critically comment on the greatness of the victory
The greatness of war is a propaganda incorporated mongers among The the common people by war poet's aim is to raise voice against this. The poem ironically mocks at Kaspard's belief of a famous and great victory at end of battle. As the poem depicts it, the battle has caused a lot.. of destruction and loss of lives. But what had the common people gained from the war.? Absolutely nothing So, how can it be called a victory' at all. It's an ultimate loss and defeat of humanity. It's a defeat of innocence to the hand of some selfish people That is why the little children Peterkin and Wilhelmine find no reason to call it a victory