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What does the reply ‘It was the English’ tell us about the speaker?

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Priyanuj borah asked 7 years ago

What does Kaspar’s reply “It was the English” reveal about him in the poem “After Blenheim” by Robert Southey?

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Staff answered 7 years ago

The quoted line from Robert Southey’s poem ‘After Blenheim’ reveals Kaspar’s nationality. It says that he was an Englishman and that is why he was proud of the victory that England had over France in the Battle of Blenheim.

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