The two groups that fought the Boer War were the Dutch Afrikaners and the British.
The Boer Wars were two armed conflicts that took place in South Africa between Great Britain and the two Boer (Afrikaner) republics—the South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State—resulting in British victory and the extinction of the two independent republics that the Boers had founded in the mid-nineteenth century. This war was fought from October 11, 1899, to May 31, 1902.
The statement that best describes how Masefield creates a hopeful mood in the excerpt is that the fixed meter and predictable rhyme scheme create an upbeat rhythm.
Sophocles quote would work best in the conclusion to the essay you are referring to. It indicates that with out hard work nothing will get done and a city/nation will not prosper.
<span>The description of Old Scratch infers he's a demon.... particularly the "great red eyes". The fact that he is "begrimed with soot" alludes to the fires of Hell. Would he frighten me? Defintely.</span>
