summary of patriotism by sir walter scott
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- Breathes there the man with soul so dead
There is a man who is physically alive as he is breathing but emotionally he is dead because his soul is dead. Writer wrote so dead to emphasize that it is a miserable death.
- Who never to himself hath said
"This is my own, my native land"
In this line poet is describing what kind of person is emotionally dead. To him a person with dead soul is the one who has never told himself that his motherland is his own, native land. Hath simply means have.
- Whose heart hath never within him burned?
By this phrase poet means that who is that person who has no heart? Who is the person whose heart is burned or destroyed within him?
- As home his footsteps he hath turned
From wandering on a foreign strand!
These two lines are the answer to previous question that poet poses. According to him if a person does not return to his native land and is lost within the e…. environment of foreign country, the person lacks a heart.
- If such there breathe, go mark him well
If you find such person who has no love for his motherland you can blame him.
- For him no minstrel raptures swell
The meaning of minstrel is a traditional singer who wanders from place to place singing song that are emotionally very touchy for his living. Raptures means extreme joy and happiness whereas swell means to increase in volume or quantity. By this line poet means that no any minstrel is going to sing a song for him and about him. No any minstrel will increase his happiness.
- High though his title, proud his name
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim
Here poet means that even though a person is extremely rich, has a great fame, and is proud of his name he would be never loved or respected by anyone.
- Despite those titles, power and pelf,
The wretch concentrated all in self
Despite of all his wealth, prestige and power he is a miserable person because a person who is concentrated about only himself (a selfish person) is a poor person despite the enormous wealth.
- Living, shall forfeit fair renown
He is alive but should penalize all his fame.
- And doubly dying shall go down
Here by doubly dying poet means that such an unpatriotic person dies twice. Once he dies due to his physical death, when his breathing is stopped. Next, he is not remembered by anyone after his death. So along with his death, he also dies from the memory of people.
- To the vile dust from where he sprung.
His dead body turns into an ash and it mix with the dirt within the ground from where he learnt to crawl.
- Unwept, unhonour'd and unsung.
No one drops tear in his death, and no one honors him at the time of funeral and no one is there to tell the funeral prayer.
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