in "beat! beat! drums!" the drums prevent people from doing their jobs. students cannot study, lawyers are unable to argue in court, and so on. read the line from the third stanza. "make even the trestles to shake the dead where they lie awaiting the hearses. what does the figurative image of drum beats shaking the dead represent? the power of music to stir people's emotions the belief that the dead could return to life • the horrifying effect that war has on all it touches None of the above