Answer:
The ravages of war best describes the theme of “Beat! Beat! Drums!” Here, the correct answer is option B.
Step-by-step explanation:
Walt Whitman’s poem “Beat! Beat! Drums!” has warfare as one of its major themes. The speaker though doesn’t talk about war directly but the poem is on the American Civil War. The poem doesn’t throw light on the images of battlefields, bullets and bloodshed but what focuses on the effects of war which are seen away from the battlefield. It talks about the disruptions it causes and how it leaves no one unaffected. The beating of the drums and bugles spreads the news of war to the American people which can't be explained, stopped or controlled. It can only be paid attention to.