The Battle of Blenhiem

The Battle of Blenheim and The Destruction of Sennacherib present diverse views on the topic of war. While there are some stylistic devices which are common to both poems, there are considerable differences in the poet’s opinions and approach on the topic of war as they both take a different approach on talking about showing their opinions. There are similarities in the themes for example they are both written about war and battle but there are more differences than similarities, based on the poets approach and what they are trying to get across to the reader. Also there are stylistic devices used in these poems that are common to both, such as both of the titles reveal very little about the poem, which allows the poets to go into more detail in their poem. The type of language used in The Destruction of Sennacherib is different to the language used in The Battle of Blenheim although they do have similarities; the differences are greater in this area.

The Battle of Blenheim and The Destruction of Sennacherib present very different views on war but the background themes are very similar. Although, there are differences between these two themes for example The Battle of Blenheim discusses how the war was “a great victory” and The Destruction of Sennacherib discusses the negative affects of the war.   However, in The Battle of Blenheim there is an underlying message given through out the poem and this is the devastating repercussions of war. (BOB, Para 8, line 3) “And many a childing mother then, And new born baby died; but tings like that you know must be at every famous victory.”   Although one may think these two poems are quite different they have a lot in common with each others themes, than originally thought.   The Destruction of Sennacherib discusses the negative affects of war in a more obvious manner: (DOS, Para 3, line 3, 4) “And the eyes of the sleepers, waxed deadly and shill, and there hearts but once heaved, forever grew still.” This is the main...