Answer:
Imagery
The author tries to get the reader to clearly imagine what he or she is describing.
The feature that makes this excerpt a blank verse is that , while it does not present rhyme, it does present iambic pentameter.
Iambic pentamenter consists of lines of five <em>feet</em>, with each <em>foot </em>being two syllables long, one unstressed followed by one stressed syllable. The result is that each verse sounds like it has a heart beat rhythm.
Answer:
A bit battered
Explanation:
Wasn't as bad as France because most of the fighting happened there but there was a fair bit of damage done