The Soldier

The Soldier

Themes
1. War
2. Patriotism
3. Blinded by glory
4. Death
Techniques
1. Imagery
  1. Metaphore
    1. Personification
      1. "Her flowers to love, her way to roam"
    2. "A pulse in the eternal mind"
Story
1. A young man is leaving to war fighting for England (A world war)
2. He is Blinded by sovereignty to his country to see how bad war is as a whole
3. He is happy to go to war fighting for his country and die for a brighter future
Text
1. Patriotism
  1. Minor patriotism
    1. Vigorous support for one's country
      1. Arrogance
        "Rich earth, richer dust concealed"
        Implying the Victorians actually believed they had such ground
  2. Major patriotism
    1. To die for ones countrys glory
      1. "A pulse in the eternal mind"
        To become holy and love your country
        "Washed by the rivers" suggests the purification or "blest by the sun of home"
        The speaker says in the context that to do die for your country is as if to ascend into heaven

Resource summary

	Created by Dylan Meares over 7 years ago