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Robert Southey’s poem “After Blenheim” employs various poetic devices to highlight the irony of war and its destructive consequences. The poem uses simple language and a conversational style, but beneath its simplicity lies a strong criticism of war and human glorification of violence. One of the major poetic devices used in the poem is irony. The old man Kaspar repeatedly calls the Battle of Blenheim a “famous victory,” _____ _________ ___ __________ ______ _______ _______ _________ _______ _____.
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