the soldier

Question 1

(1) What opening quote reflects the speaker’s idealized patriotism and readiness for sacrifice?

Answer 1

“If I should die, think only this of me: / That there’s some corner of a foreign field / That is forever England.”

Question 2

(2) Which beginning quote emphasizes the bond between the soldier and England?

Answer 2

“A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, / Gave, once, her flowers to love.”

Question 3

(3) What quote from the middle illustrates the nurturing influence of England on the speaker?

Answer 3

“A body of England’s, breathing English air.”

Question 4

(4) Which middle quote describes the eternal purity the soldier attributes to his sacrifice?

Answer 4

“And think, this heart, all evil shed away,”

Question 5

(5) What quote from the end reflects how one is indebted to their country ?

Answer 5

“Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given”

Question 6

(6) Which final quote encapsulates the soldier’s idealized vision of an everlasting connection to England?

Answer 6

“In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.”