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What significance does the line ‘a year ago on this very day’ hold in the context of patriot poem​?

What significance does the line ‘a year ago on this very day’ hold in the context of patriot poem​?

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    The significance of this line lies in the fact that within a year the opinion of all the people changed. They forgot all the work done by the speaker and quickly charged him as a traitor. It shows that people are so fickle minded that it takes them a trivial time like a year to change opinions one creates for a lifetime.

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