Question

There's many a crown for who can reach,
Ten lines, a statesman's life in each!
The flag stuck on a heap of bones,
A soldier's doing ! What atones ?
They scratch his name on the Abbey stones,
My riding is better, by their leave.
Questions :
(i) What does the poet mean by 'crown' here ?
(ii)
his name on the Abbey - stones.
(iii) Find a word which means the same as 'pillar on grav
(iv) How does the poet find himself better than a soldier​

Answer 1

so basically a) a crown means the goal

b) heap of bones

c) I don't know