the soldier quotes Flashcards
how many times was ‘England’/‘English’ repeated in the poem
six times
analyse ‘If I should die’
conditional future - hypothetical - philosophical tone -> proud
analyse ‘I_ t___ r___ e____ a r_____ d___ c________’
‘In that rich earth a richer dust concealed’ - religious imagery - ‘ashes to ashes, dust to dust’ - death imagery enforces his comfort with death as he will die an English soldier
analyse ‘h__ f______ to l___, h__ w____ to r___’
‘her flowers to love, her ways to roam’ - England is personified as a nurturing, female, mother figure - typical patriotic texts personify their country as a mother - suggests England brought him up and cared for him so he is willing to die for it
analyse ‘E______ h_____’
‘English heaven’ - directly connects England to God - religion - eternal in a way - believes all England is deserving of heaven or is heaven itself
analyse the progression from ‘Give’ to ‘back’ to ‘given’
makes the line CYCLICAL - this reflects the idea that in death, the soldier will give back things Englands gave him in the first place
