What is the irony in the poem "After Blenheim" by Robert Southey
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Robert Southey’s poem ‘After Blenheim’ narrates the story of the Battle of Blenheim and the death and destruction it caused. The poem is in ironical tone where the poet presents the common people’s misconceptions regarding war, how they fall prey to the propaganda that was indoctrinated in them and how they glorify war and the so-called war-heroes.
In the poem we see Old Kaspar praise the war calling it a ‘great victory’ and a ‘famous victory‘ as he has heard people say so. He does not know why it was a great victory. He does not know what good war can cause to the mankind. But still he glorifies war. And what is most ironical in it is the fact that he himself was a victim of the battle when his father was forced to escape with his family to save their life, losing their house and with no place ‘to rest his head’. Kaspar even feels the pity of war as we see him shaking his head and having a natural sigh seeing a skull. But still we see him praise the war and say
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the poem "after bleinhem" is an anti-war poem. the irony in this poem is that old man(kaspar) is praising the wars which destructed and damaged so many lives and even his own parents were left homeless due to the war.
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