The Patriot Flashcards
Who is the poet?
Robert Browning
This poem is written in the form of a …………………
dramatic monologue
Robert Browning was famous in the ………………….. Age
Victorian Age
What does the poem talk about?
how short the public adulation, memory is and how fickle praise and glory is
The poem ends on a note of ………………………
optimism
What is Browning’s philosophy?
“God’s in his Heaven and all’s Right with the World”
What does the patriot believe in?
The Patriot believes that it is God who will reward him according to his true merit
”..The house-roofs seemed to heave and sway” What figure of speech is being used here?
personification
“….But give me your sun from yonder skies” What is the sun here?
glory, power and immortality
What were thrown in the path of the Patriot?
Roses and Myrtles
“The house roofs seemed to heave and sway” What does it mean?
The house roofs were so full of people
“The old walls rocked with the crowd and cries” What does it mean?
The walls seemed to shake with the crowd and their loud cries
“Alack, it was I who leaped at the sun” What mythological reference is being suggested here?
Icarus
Who is the narrator?
The Patriot
The poet is written in a …………………
First Person Perspective
What is the asymmetrical pattern of the poem?
ababa
“With myrtle mixed in my path like mad” What is the figure of speech?
Alliteration
“In triumphs, people have dropped down dead” What is the Figure of speech used here?
Alliteration
The Sun symbolises what?
glory, power and immortality
What do the roses symbolise?
Affection towards the patriot
What does harvest symbolise?
The deeds of the patriot has been referred to as harvest and the consequences has been referred to as reap
“But give me your sun and yonder skies” what figure of speech is used here?
Hyperbole
