Read these lines from "The Battle of Blenheim." She saw her brother Peterkin Roll something large and round, Which he beside the rivulet In playing there had found; He came to ask what he had found, That was so large, and smooth, and round. How does this incident move the action of the poem forward? It resolves the major conflict of the poem by showing that Peterkin has found something by the rivulet. It gives the old man an opportunity to offer his story of the battle and his opinion on war in general. It is part of the story's falling action, allowing the story to come to a satisfying conclusion. It releases the tension created by the earlier vision of children playing so close to a river