In some cases, this sentiment is explored through literature, as seen in Yukio Mishima’s short story “Patriotism,” where a soldier’s loyalty leads to a difficult choice between his nation and personal relationships. Read More English Summaries.
Patriotism Summary
Summary in English
This poem deals with the theme of patriotism. The poet, Sir Walter Scott, says that there is hardly any man with a soul so dead to not say that “this is my own, my native land”. There is hardly anyone who does not feel proud or pressure after returning from a foreign land to his own land. The poet says if there is any mark him well for he does not deserve any praise He may be a man with high title or name with boundless possessions and high wishes, He, as the poet says, is a wretch and selfish, while living, he shall lose all his comfort and riches, and after his death there will be nomourning for hum He will die quite
un-noticed, He is a doubly-dying man.
Patriotism Summary Class 11
The poet means to say that a man without patriotic feeling is almost dead and after his real death no one remembers him. It is another death. The poet concludes that the person who does not love his country will die a death of ignominy.