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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The narrator of the poem, Patriot tells us how popular he was once because of his loyalty and bravery. He was respected by the people. They used to celebrate his grand success. However, after a year, he lost his glory and respect which he doesn’t mention in the poem. He is rather hated now and is abRead more

    The narrator of the poem, Patriot tells us how popular he was once because of his loyalty and bravery. He was respected by the people. They used to celebrate his grand success. However, after a year, he lost his glory and respect which he doesn’t mention in the poem.

    He is rather hated now and is about to be executed publicly because of some mistake he has done recently. However, he is not ashamed of it as he thinks that he is right and will be welcomed in Paradise by God as He knows his truthfulness.

    The poem throws light on the idea of patriotism in a country. e.g. a person respecting a cruel ruler is a patriot and the one who opposes him will also be a patriot. In the context of the poem, we can imagine that the patriot might be one of the loyal soldiers of a ruler who might have been overthrown by another one.

    And now once been a patriot is rather a traitor in the eyes of the new ruler. However, this is my general perception and not the truth and thus should not be believed.

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    The poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” describes a battle between the English and the Russian army during the Crimean War. The British Army or the Brigade were mistakenly ordered to attack the enemies. The former had only swords while the latter were laid with War Cannons and Guns. Despite knowiRead more

    The poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” describes a battle between the English and the Russian army during the Crimean War. The British Army or the Brigade were mistakenly ordered to attack the enemies. The former had only swords while the latter were laid with War Cannons and Guns.

    Despite knowing that they were going into the mouth of death, the Light Brigade marched towards the enemies. Many of them died and only few of them remained alive and returned back. The poem celebrates the patriotic sacrifice made by the soldiers for their country.

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    In simple words, hyperbole is an exaggerated statement usually given in a poem for effect. e.g. I saw ten thousand at a glance. The poet cannot count the flowers and makes a guess that he saw ten thousand at a single sight.

    In simple words, hyperbole is an exaggerated statement usually given in a poem for effect. e.g. I saw ten thousand at a glance. The poet cannot count the flowers and makes a guess that he saw ten thousand at a single sight.

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    The title of this poem written by Alfred Lord Tennyson is “The Charge of the Light Brigade“. The word Charge here in the poem means attack done by the British Army on the Russian Army. As described in this section, the word Brigade means a battalion or unit of the army. Here it is the army of 600 BrRead more

    The title of this poem written by Alfred Lord Tennyson is “The Charge of the Light Brigade“. The word Charge here in the poem means attack done by the British Army on the Russian Army. As described in this section, the word Brigade means a battalion or unit of the army.

    Here it is the army of 600 British Soldiers. Finally, the word Light has been used for the British soldiers to depict that they had swords which are quite a light and traditional weapon as compared to the powerful and dangerous weapons like guns and cannons which Russian army had.

    Thus the title of this poem symbolises the brave expedition of the British Army which was armed with swords, against the Russian Army which had dangerous weapons. Hence it is written in the praise he those brave British soldiers.

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    The poem was written in honour of those who gave their life for the country. The poem represents a particularly potent example of bravery as the soldiers knew they would likely die in the battle but choose to carry on anyway. The poem makes frequent use of repetition to emphasise key elements. For eRead more

    The poem was written in honour of those who gave their life for the country. The poem represents a particularly potent example of bravery as the soldiers knew they would likely die in the battle but choose to carry on anyway. The poem makes frequent use of repetition to emphasise key elements.

    For example “cannon” is repeated a number of times to draw attention to the difference in weaponry showing the danger the soldiers face. Furthermore, repetition is used to command the reader to “honour” the sacrifice the light brigade made for their country.

    Alongside this, personification is used to contrast the battlefield with hell when it says “Jaws of Death” and “mouth of hell” illustrating the horrors the soldiers face in this charge. Overall, the poem was the reader into understanding the sacrifice these men made.

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    The way a crow shook down on me is the first line of the poem Dust of Snow written by Robert Frost. The poet says that he is on a way i.e. outside (might be wandering alone to enjoy the snow). Suddenly a crow, which is on the branch of a tree shakes making the snow fall on the poet. As these are theRead more

    The way a crow shook down on me is the first line of the poem Dust of Snow written by Robert Frost. The poet says that he is on a way i.e. outside (might be wandering alone to enjoy the snow). Suddenly a crow, which is on the branch of a tree shakes making the snow fall on the poet.

    As these are the initial lines of the poem, they make the reader eager to know what happens next because crow is considered to be a bad-omen in the country of the poet.

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