Explain the themes in the poem patriot
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The Patriot is majorly based on the theme of rising and fall of fortune. The narrator, the patriot is welcomed with feverish joy and paths of roses in the first two stanzas by the townspeople. But, by the end of the poem we see that those same people have humiliated and executed him, within a year. This shows that glory and fortune do not last forever. People are fickle minded and change their opinions without a second thought. Someone who is loved today may easily be hated tomorrow.
The poem has undertones of religiosity. The first stanza itself mentions flags fluttering on the church spires also; the patriot is welcomed with ringing bells. The final stanza has the Patriot being optimistic about death as he believes that God does justice to one and all and he will recognize that the patriot has done nothing immoral. This faith in God and the belief that he will be safe in God’s abode shows that a patriot is a religious man. Also, there is a biblical reference when the poet mentions the reaping of the harvest.
Betrayal is also a minor theme in the poem as the poet fetched the sun for the townspeople, and in return, they stamped him as a criminal and executed him. All his good deeds were forgotten and he was brought to a humiliating and painful death.
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The theme of the dramatic monologue is that people can be influenced very easily and because the people are so opinionated, the Patriot had to suffer the humiliation of execution.
After the patriot committed a sin unwillingly, he tried to correct it but because people with a bad opinion influenced people with a good opinion, the Patriot was executed.
The fickle nature of the people reflects on how the Patriot is treated, In the beginning, he was treated like a god. Afterwards, he was treated as a criminal.