Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

"O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,

Between their loved home and the war's desolation!"

What is Key saying in these lines from "The Star Spangled Banner"?

Death and bloodshed are inevitable in war.

Wars are an inescapable part of human civilization.

People must always engage in war in order to be free.

People who defend their freedom in war are victorious.

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Christian Hutchinson

7 July, 02:38

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

"O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,

Between their loved home and the war's desolation!"

What is Key saying in these lines from "The Star Spangled Banner"?

Death and bloodshed are inevitable in war.

Wars are an inescapable part of human civilization.

People must always engage in war in order to be free.

People who defend their freedom in war are victorious.

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Abraham Shelton · Answer 1

It might be said that the key saying of these lines is option C "people must always engage in war in order to be free". The main idea of the poem was to keep on fighting until conquer (which in this context meant to conquer peace), defending homes, family and freedom.