The Patriot

The Patriot

Narrative Voice
1. characterises public as fickle
2. first person
3. intra-diegetic
4. based on personal experience
5. reterospective
  1. 'a year ago on this very day'
Setting
1. 'church-spires'
  1. 'house-roofs seemed to heave and sway'
    1. cramped with houses. poverty
      1. victorian. Sets the time and scene
2. 'old walls'
  1. european? Medieval city?
3. changes to 'Shambles gate' 'scaffold'
  1. change in tone
Structure
1. 1st part- triumphal arrival of Patriot
  1. 2nd part- his downfall
    1. 'Tis God shall repay: I am safer so."
      1. reflective end to the poem
characterisation
1. public
  1. "Stones at me for my year's misdeeds"
    1. makes them look stupid for following the crowd
  2. fickle
  3. "And afterward, what else?"
    1. they'd do anything for him
  4. easily swayed
2. 'the patriot'
  1. "the old walls rocked with the crowd and cries"
    1. emphasises his greatness

Resource summary

	Created by simritgrewal over 10 years ago