Question

Who are they ? What was a shocking sight ? why in the poem After Blenheim

Answer 1

♥-After a famous victory. The poet, through Kasper, goes on to describe the agony of war. He mentions the “shocking sight” of the battlefield that was full of dead bodies of the soldiers rotting in the sun. Through this image, the poet attempts to bring into consideration the indignity in the way the soldiers lay.