Question

All of the following are true about "Incident of the French Camp" and "Emily Geiger" except that:

a. both poems are epics
b. they are written by different authors
c. they are written in different time periods
d. both poems tell stories related to war and conflict

Answer 1

The statement incorrectly classifying 'Incident of the French Camp' and 'Emily Geiger' as epics is false because they are elegies that commemorate or mourn a death.

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement that both 'Incident of the French Camp' and 'Emily Geiger' are epics is incorrect. Although both poems tell stories related to war and conflict, they are actually elegies, which are poems written to commemorate or mourn a death. The poems do indeed explore themes connected to war and conflict, but they do so within the elegiac tradition rather than as epics, which are typically long narrative poems that illustrate the heroic deeds of a person of high social standing and involve grand events.