the soldier Flashcards
What opening quote reflects the speaker’s idealized patriotism and readiness for sacrifice?
“If I should die, think only this of me: / That there’s some corner of a foreign field / That is forever England.”
Which beginning quote emphasizes the bond between the soldier and England?
“A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, / Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam.”
What quote from the middle illustrates the nurturing influence of England on the speaker?
“A body of England’s, breathing English air, / Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.”
Which middle quote describes the eternal purity the soldier attributes to his sacrifice?
“And think, this heart, all evil shed away, / A pulse in the eternal mind, no less.”
What quote from the end reflects the spiritual transcendence of the soldier’s death?
“Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given; / Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day.”
Which final quote encapsulates the soldier’s idealized vision of an everlasting connection to England?
“In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.”
