Question

Why 'After Blenheim' is referred to as an anti-war poem?

Answer 1

Robert Southey's 'After Blenheim' is an anti-war poem. The poet has depicted the destruction that war can cause through a conversation about a past battle — the Battle of Blenheim. ... Old Kasper in the poem narrates how a lot of people were forced to flee from there as their houses were set to fire.

Answer 2

Answer:

After Blenheim has a scathing criticism of the horrors of war. it shows that international diplomacy, politics and war are matters which are cut off from the lives of common men. In an outburst of praise for the heroes who won the war Old Kasper reveals the typical inability of an ordinary citizen to grasp the reason why the war took place.

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