English, 13.01.2021 22:10 benwill0702
Read the stanzas from "The Battle of Blenheim" by Robert Southey.
“With fire and sword the country round
Was wasted far and wide,
And many a childing mother then,
And new-born baby died;
But things like that, you know, must be
At every famous victory.
“They say it was a shocking sight
After the field was won;
For many thousand bodies here
Lay rotting in the sun;
But things like that, you know, must be
After a famous victory."
Which technique does the poet use when the old man repeatedly refers to the battle as a "famous victory"?
A. exaggeration
B. verbal irony
C. metaphor
D. pun
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