Question

Poetry- After
Blenheim
How has the poet
the used irony to portray
the consequences of
war? Describe
Kaspar’s
complacency. (250
words)

Answer 1

Answer:

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 the destruction of several houses, civilian casualties, rotting corpses, and inhumanity. Robert Southey attempts to highlight the ignorance of thousands of ordinary men who refuse to accept the cruel and brutal reality of war and instead consider it as a dignified and glorious act. In this poem to the grandfather refers to the war repeatedly as “a famous victory” and “a great victory” but is unable to tell the reason behind the cause of the war. The repetitions of the refrain “a great victory” and “a famous victory” have been used to emphasize on the sheer ignorance of common men regarding the cause of the war and the damaging consequences of it. They acknowledge war only by is a victory.

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