11/14/2022 0 Comments Summary of every mans battle![]() Little Wilhelmine looked up to her grandfather in anticipation with “wonder-waiting eyes.” In this stanza, the poet attempts to distinguish the curiosity and enthusiasm associated with a child. They had associated a sense of thrill, adventure, and excitement with the idea of war and sacrifice. They were curious to know about the purpose of the war. The children were excited to know more about the war. However, Kasper’s use of the term “great victory” expresses his pride in sacrificing the soldiers who played a vital role in the war. The dead bodies of these soldiers lie in the fields unnoticed. Kasper mentions that he had found many such skulls while ploughing the land as thousands of soldiers were killed in the victorious war. It is ironic that he refers to the battle of Blenheim as a “great victory” at the cost of loss of human lives. Old Kasper took the “large, and smooth, and round” thing from his grandson’s hands and shook his head with a sigh as he figured that it was some “poor fellow’s skull” who had died in the war. ![]() “‘Tis some poor fellow’s skull,” said he, He was curious to know what that thing was and thus turned to his grandfather for information. While playing, Wilhelmine saw her brother Peterkin rolling something “large, smooth and round,” which he had found beside the stream. That was so large, and smooth, and round. ![]() The poet introduces the poem’s main character old Kasper had just finished his work for the day and was sitting in the sun before his cottage door, watching his granddaughter Wilhelmine play on the field. ![]() The first stanza begins with a picturesque description of a summer evening. ![]()
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