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    The figure of speech used in the phrase, “give me your sun from yonder skies”, is a metaphor. Read summary of The Patriot

    The figure of speech used in the phrase, “give me your sun from yonder skies”, is a metaphor.

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    Following figure of speech is used in the poem, “The Patriot”:- 1) Personification:- is the attribution of human characteristics to animals and non-living things. For example, the roofs of the houses have been given human like characteristics by saying “The house roofs seemed to heave and sway.” 2)Read more

    Following figure of speech is used in the poem, “The Patriot”:-

    1) Personification:- is the attribution of human characteristics to animals and non-living things. For example, the roofs of the houses have been given human like characteristics by saying “The house roofs seemed to heave and sway.”

    2) Metaphor:- is is used to compare two different ideas by bringing forth their similarity. For example the use of roses in the poem symbolizes the people’s love and affection towards the speaker.

    3) Alliteration:- is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. For example, “ myrtle mixed” or “dropped down dead.”

    4) Pathetic Fallacy:- is used when the speaker says “I go in the rain” meaning that the rain acting as a symbol washes away all his dignity, leaving him innocent.

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    The speaker does feel sad about the past as he realizes all the efforts and good deeds that he has done were all in vain as people ended up labeling him as a traitor. He says that once people paraded the streets to pay him respects but in present “There’s nobody on the house-tops now.” Read summaryRead more

    The speaker does feel sad about the past as he realizes all the efforts and good deeds that he has done were all in vain as people ended up labeling him as a traitor. He says that once people paraded the streets to pay him respects but in present “There’s nobody on the house-tops now.”

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    Earlier the people thronged the decorated streets to welcome the brave Patriot. The air sparkled with joy and the “house-roofs seemed to heave and sway.” However at the turn of a year, things changed and the Patriot got labeled as a traitor. People no longer cheered him and neither did “the old wallRead more

    Earlier the people thronged the decorated streets to welcome the brave Patriot. The air sparkled with joy and the “house-roofs seemed to heave and sway.” However at the turn of a year, things changed and the Patriot got labeled as a traitor. People no longer cheered him and neither did “the old walls rocked with the crowd and cries.” No one stood on the house tops to bid him welcome or even empathize with him.

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    The speaker is in a regretful mood as he realizes all the good deeds that he has done in the past was all in vain as the people labeled him as a traitor. However at the end, when the Patriot is being taken away, he is hopeful as he knows that God will accept his as He is aware of all truthfulness. RRead more

    The speaker is in a regretful mood as he realizes all the good deeds that he has done in the past was all in vain as the people labeled him as a traitor. However at the end, when the Patriot is being taken away, he is hopeful as he knows that God will accept his as He is aware of all truthfulness.

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    The Poem emphasizes on the uncertainty of life and shows the sharp contrast between the way the Patriot is welcomed and treated at the present and the way he was welcomed, a year prior to this very day. One year prior, the people threw roses and white fragrant myrtle flowers, as to welcome and congrRead more

    The Poem emphasizes on the uncertainty of life and shows the sharp contrast between the way the Patriot is welcomed and treated at the present and the way he was welcomed, a year prior to this very day. One year prior, the people threw roses and white fragrant myrtle flowers, as to welcome and congratulate the Patriot for his grand victory. The people gathered around in the roofs of their houses to welcome him and it made the house seem to sway under overweight. Even the church-sires were burning bright, meaning that they put on brightly colored flags to congratulate the Patriot. In sharp contrast to this however, on the present day, there is nobody on to welcome him and the only people on the roofs of their houses were the people who were paralyzed and could not go to witness the Patriot’s public execution. Stones took the place of roses and myrtle flowers, and all of them threw stones at the Patriot when he was walking towards the scaffold. This sharp contrast upon his earlier welcoming and present day, shows the hypocrisy of the world and the Patriot thinks to himself that he is free from this world and is safer in heaven.

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    The people in the poem whom the Patriot considers as his friends turns out to be two-faced. They forgo all the good deeds which the Patriot has done in the past and label him as the traitor. True friends never turn their back on others as the people do here. Read summary of The Patriot

    The people in the poem whom the Patriot considers as his friends turns out to be two-faced. They forgo all the good deeds which the Patriot has done in the past and label him as the traitor. True friends never turn their back on others as the people do here.

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    The significance of the line is that it shows how quick people can change their opinions and show their true colours. It took the people of the town exactly a year to label the Patriot as a traitor when a year back, they were celebrating him for his honesty and bravery. Read summary of The Patriot

    The significance of the line is that it shows how quick people can change their opinions and show their true colours. It took the people of the town exactly a year to label the Patriot as a traitor when a year back, they were celebrating him for his honesty and bravery.

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    The speaker has faith in the fact that all the prejudices living amongst the people will eradicate one day and the glory of the world will be valued. Read summary of The Patriot

    The speaker has faith in the fact that all the prejudices living amongst the people will eradicate one day and the glory of the world will be valued.

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    The speaker wanted to convey the fact that he found his defeat as a victory. The Patriot said that what others believed to be his fall was actually a victory for him. He knew that he had stood by the right things irrespective of what the people thought of him. Read summary of The Patriot

    The speaker wanted to convey the fact that he found his defeat as a victory. The Patriot said that what others believed to be his fall was actually a victory for him. He knew that he had stood by the right things irrespective of what the people thought of him.

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