Question

what is the irony used in the poem after blenheim in the fourth stanza of this poem

Answer 1

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The irony on the fourth stanza is that
Old Casper says that it is a famous victory but still says that there was tremendous loss of life. It was a foams victory but there were loss of life.

Answer 2

irony means difference between reality and appearance

the irony used in the last two lines here is that old man says that thousands of men were killed and it is a great victory.