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The Soldier: Key Ideas - English
- "If I should die, think only this of me:", he's
saying forget everything I've done, only
remember that I've died for my country.
- "foreign field That is forever England.", the use
of f's is repetition giving it emphasis and the
repetition also represents the continuation of
England.
- He is very patriotic, thinks very highly
of his country. Where ever he dies will
be England regardless of what country
he is buried in.
- The full stop on the end
shows there is no argument
to his comment, it is fact.
- He is very patriotic, thinks very highly
of his country. Where ever he dies will
be England regardless of what country
he is buried in.
- "A dust whom England bore, shaped, made
aware," He is describing that England is his
Mom and his birth as a death.
- "Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam." Personifying
England as a beautiful rose. More of a love interest. England is a
social construct so we get to see his full extent of his love for the
country. Her = person.
- "A pulse in the eternal
mind," God is English, dying
for England is spiritual.
- "all evil shed away", reference to Satan.
- Tone of the second stanza: Happy, I want to die for England.
- "A body of England's, breathing English air, washed by the
rivers, blest by the suns of home." Baptismal, imagery of
God. Represents England as a divine power, chosen by God.
Elements: Wind, water, fire.
- An unreliable war poem, if he spent time in
the trenches it wouldn't be the same. A
reliable war poem as that's what soldiers feel
before going off to war.
- Form: A sonnet, love letter. 14
lines. 1st stanza = Octet (8
lines). 2nd stanza = Sestet (6
lines).
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