The poet further tells his friend that war, which is destructive and devastating, will destroy and overturn all the statues which have been erected by men. The fighting, disturbances etc. during the war will uproot the work done by masons, but neither Mars, the God of war nor the quick moving fire of war will be able to destroy the work of the poet i.e. the poem which he has written to immortalize his friend. It will be the written memory of his friend’s life which will continue even after his death.
Poetic Devices :
Alliteration : When wasteful war
Allusion : Mars, the God of war
