Read the stanza from the poem "The Battle of Blenheim."

They say it was a shocking sight
After the field was won;
For many thousand bodies here
Lay rotting in the sun;
But things like that, you know, must be
After a famous victory.

Which line in the stanza is an example of verbal irony?

A. "After a famous victory."

B. "Lay rotting in the sun;"

C. "'They say it was a shocking sight"

D. "For many thousand bodies here"