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PATRIOTISM
By Sir Walter Scott
Love for ones country
Disgust for those who are unpatriotic
Attitudes prior to World War I

Overview
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
'This is my own, my native land!'
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd
From wandering on a foreign strand?
If such there breathe, go, mark him well;
For him no Minstrel raptures swell;
High though his titles, proud his name,
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim;
Despite those titles, power, and pelf,
The wretch, concentred all in self,
Living, shall forfeit fair renown,
And, doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dust from whence he sprung,
Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung.
l. 1-6: Questioning the soullessness of a man
without fervor for his country.
l. 7-12: Such a man, no matter the treasures he
has gained, is worthy of disdain
l. 13-16: Such a man will lose everything that
matters
Paraphrase
Sir Walter Scott

Lived 1771-1832, Scottish
Author of Ivanhoe and many other notable works
Patriotism published 1805
Childhood polio- no military
Spent time on Scottish-English border
Oral tradition, stories
Truly a patriot
Disdain
Disbelief and incredulity
Pride
Tone
Rhyme Scheme
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
'This is my own, my native land!'
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd
From wandering on a foreign strand?
If such there breathe, go, mark him well;
For him no Minstrel raptures swell;
High though his titles, proud his name,
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim;
Despite those titles, power, and pelf,
The wretch, concentred all in self,
Living, shall forfeit fair renown,
And, doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dust from whence he sprung,
Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung.
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This is my own, my native land!
Slowness of speech
If
wretch, concentred, pelf, vile
Syntax and Diction
Literary Devices
Alliteration:
wealth as wish . . . power, and pelf . . . forfeit
fair . . . doubly dying . . . unwept, unhonord,
and unsung
Draws attention and denotes importance
Idiom/Metaphor:
Whose heart hath neer within him burnd
Shows strength of emotion
Allusion:
shall go down to the vile dust
Going to hell
The importance of love and fervor for ones
country
The disbelief that someone could not be patriotic
Theme
All Quiet on the Western Front
Scott=Kantorek
Feelings and thoughts in Patriotism were the
norm and led to World War I
But for all that we were no mutineers, no
deserters, no cowards . . . We loved our country as
much as they (13).