What is the implication of roses and myrtle's in the poem The Patriot?
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- (An Old Story) is an important signpost --> not contemporary
- First stanza is very cheery filled with life, nature shows this --> roses
- Myrtle is a plant used for decoration
- First stanza is talking about the past -- contrasting with the war
- Making a setting for us, imagery of a beautiful town, the persona loves it
- "Good folks, mere noise repels!" - hasn't actually said this. Internal monologue
- They loved him so much they would've given him the sun and more
- "leaped at the sun", shows that he is arrogant, links in with Icarus, flew too close to the sun, thought he was better than the Gods
- "loving friends to keep" - wants to impress the towns people --> patriot
- Very very arrogant, but stems from his patriotism
- "My harvest, what I reap" - metaphor for his achievements. Use of this metaphor is interesting, as the use of the word "reap" could ambiguously imply the Grim Reaper, foreshadowing death --> end of the poem
- "palsied" means stuck
- "trow" - archaic word, means think.
- "rain" - this is pathetic fallacy, contrasts with the imagery of the sun at the start, sets a melancholy tone for the end of the poem
- "My forehead bleeds" - they're throwing stones at him
- "Misdeeds" - he's clearly done something wrong. However this is used ironically --> at the end of the poem we find out that he actually believes his actions were right --> somewhat of a retrospective narrative
- "Thus I entered Brescia, and thus I go!" --> Born and dies there --> true patriot
- "dropped down dead" - saying people would've died before accomplishing the feats that he has --> even in death, he is being arrogant --> his excessive patriotism is clouding his judgement
- "requite" - he thinks God is happy with him
- He thinks he is safer with God than with these people
- (An Old Story) is an important signpost --> not contemporary
- First stanza is very cheery filled with life, nature shows this --> roses
- Myrtle is a plant used for decoration
- First stanza is talking about the past -- contrasting with the war
- Making a setting for us, imagery of a beautiful town, the persona loves it
- "Good folks, mere noise repels!" - hasn't actually said this. Internal monologue
- They loved him so much they would've given him the sun and more
- "leaped at the sun", shows that he is arrogant, links in with Icarus, flew too close to the sun, thought he was better than the Gods
- "loving friends to keep" - wants to impress the towns people --> patriot
- Very very arrogant, but stems from his patriotism
- "My harvest, what I reap" - metaphor for his achievements. Use of this metaphor is interesting, as the use of the word "reap" could ambiguously imply the Grim Reaper, foreshadowing death --> end of the poem
- "palsied" means stuck
- "trow" - archaic word, means think.
- "rain" - this is pathetic fallacy, contrasts with the imagery of the sun at the start, sets a melancholy tone for the end of the poem
- "My forehead bleeds" - they're throwing stones at him
- "Misdeeds" - he's clearly done something wrong. However this is used ironically --> at the end of the poem we find out that he actually believes his actions were right --> somewhat of a retrospective narrative
- "Thus I entered Brescia, and thus I go!" --> Born and dies there --> true patriot
- "dropped down dead" - saying people would've died before accomplishing the feats that he has --> even in death, he is being arrogant --> his excessive patriotism is clouding his judgement
- "requite" - he thinks God is happy with him
- He thinks he is safer with God than with these people
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