Question 1
Which word best describes the tone of this poem?
A) courageous
al course on
B) unemotional
C) disgusted
D) sad
Question 2
after studying “The Battle of Blenheim,” what do you think the theme of this poem is?
A) The enduring power of love.
B) man’s inhumanity to man.
C) The glory of war.
D) education.

Question 1:

B. Unemotional

Question 2.

C. The glory of war

Explanation:

The poem is about a young child finding a man's skull in a farm that stands on a historical battlefield and his grandfather recounting the courageous tale of the famous victory.

Throughout the poem, indifferently, the carnage that the war brought is narrated all the while calling the fight a famous victory and thus something to be proud of.

The poem is thus ironic and sarcastic, with the person recounting the war not even remembering what it was for, only that it was a great one. Through the poem it seems that it is less important what wars are fought for that the fighting itself which seems to be the goal unto itself.

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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i believe the dynamic character would be teddy because he learns an important lesson