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Read the Lines Given Above and Answer the Question that Follow. How Does the Poet Describe the Scene on the Field After the Battle? - English 2 (Literature in English)

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प्रश्न

"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.
"Great praise the Duke of Marlbro'won,
And our good Prince Eugene."
"Why,'twas a very wicked thing!"
Said little Wilhelmine.

"Nay...nay...my little girl,"quoth he,
"It was a famous victory.
"And everybody praised the Duke
Who this great fight did win."
"But what good came of it at last?"
Quoth little Peterkin.
"Why that I cannot tell,"said he,
"But 'twas a famous victory."

Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.

How does the poet describe the scene on the field after the battle?

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उत्तर

The poet poignantly describes the horrible and devastating effects of the war when he write:

“They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won;
For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun;

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