<span>To ask how much longer the professor will live is to ask how much longer we must wait for the blessings of another world war.
"blessings" being the key word, because a world war would not bring blessings, but devastation. </span>
I may assert th' Eternal Providence, and justifie the wayes of God to men.
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The poet is using an allegory.
An understatement is when you present something as less important as it really is.
A hyperbole is an over exaggeration.
Irony is like sarcasm where you say something but mean the opposite, or when you expect something and the complete opposite happens.