the setting of the poem after blenheim
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The setting of this poem, "After the blenheim" is set on the site of Battle of Blenheim of 1704.
Explanation:
‘After Blenheim’ was a poem written by Robert Southey. It talks about a perspective of an anti-war that centers around one of the major battles of eighteenth century, i.e. the Battle of Blenheim.
This poem After Blenheim, makes the readers ponder on the purpose and result of a war. Furthermore it even questions the validity of war and why it happens in the first place for the consequences are severe.
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Explanation:
"After Blenheim is a poem by the poet Robert Southey which was written in 1796 which based upon the aftermaths of war when the Battle of Blenheim happened. In his poem, he has deeply expressed how the effects of war make so many children orphanage, and so many people lost their loved ones as it was a war, and the war was a great victory as he expressed as it is an irony in itself.
And we couldn't understand whether the poet wants to make us believe that war is good for the kingdom or is it bad for the people who lost their lives