“Why, ’twas a wicked thing!” — What was the ‘wicked thing’? Do you agree with the speaker in the poem ‘After Blenheim’?

Draw a comparison between the poems After Blenheim and A Small Pain in My Chest on the basis of themes, poetic devices and background of the poems.

Discuss the relevance of the poem ‘After Blenheim’ by Robert Southey in our times.

Why and how did the children see the futility of war in the poem ‘After Blenheim’ by Robert Southey? Or, How did Kaspar’s grandchildren react about the war?

”Tis some poor fellow’s skull,’ said he, Why does the speaker in Robert Southey’s poem ‘After Blenheim’ say that the skull was of some ‘poor fellow’?

What moral or message does the poet Robert Southey convey in his poem After Blenheim? Or, What is the central theme of the poem?

In the context of the poem After Blenheim by Robert Southey, what special significance do the adjectives ‘young’ and ‘little’ have?

What did Kaspar and his family have to suffer for the ‘famous victory’? How did it affect Kaspar’s thinking about war? [Poem ‘After Blenheim’ by Robert Southey.]

Comment on the appropriateness of the title of the poem ‘After Blenheim’ by Robert Southey.

Comment on the character old Kaspar in Robert Southey’s poem After Blenheim.