Blog

Chapter-1
Patriotism

Summery In English

This poem deals with the theme of Patriotism.The poet,Sir Walter Scott ,says that there is hardly any main 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 to pleasure 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 main with boundless possessions and shall lose all his comfort and riches, and after his death there will be know mourning for him. He will die quite un-noticed.He is a doubling-dying man.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.

Question and Answer
I. Answer the following questions in one sentence.
Q.(i).Whose soul does the poet say is “dead”?
Ans. The soul of one who has no love for his native land is “dead”.

Q.(ii)Who does the poet ask to mark well?
Ans.One who does not love his native land.

Q.(iii).What delights the minstrel?
Ans.The return of a patriotic person to his motherland delights the minstrel.

Q.(iv).How can a person doubly die?
Ans. An unpatriotic man is almost dead and after his real death no one remembers him which is another death.

Q.(v).What is meant by “vile dust”?
Ans. “Vile dust” is used in the sense that is given birth to a person without love for his native land

II. Answer the following questions in 100 to 150 words .
Q.(i).What happens to a person who returns home from a foreign land?
Ans. The return of a person from a foreign land is a matter of great joy.It is his love and attraction to his native land that brings him home.He feel proud.He with full confidence and pride declares that ‘this is my home ,my native land’all the time.He feel delight of his feeling and love for nation.People welcome with all his art and skill.He is given honour and name and fame.He becomes an ideal man . he makes his country great.He has brought all laurels for his native land.Such a persons becomes an ideal man.He makes his country great. He has brought all laurels for his native land.Such a person becomes a role-model . The nation feels proud to have such a patriotic son of the soil.

Q.(ii).What does the poet mean by ‘for him so minstrel raptures swell’?
Ans. The poet in his poem deals with the theme of patriotism. He feels that a man who loves his country is great.He is the real son of the soil.The poet hardly believes that there would be anyone who has no love for his native land . There is perhaps no one whose soul is not delighted at the feeling of his land .A person with such a feeling of love for nation deserve all our praise and honour.Whenever he returns home after wandering from foreign lands,he is welcomed warmly.But the man with no such feeling is a bad name for the nation.He does not deserve any praise or honour .No minstrel tries to praise him or honour him.

Q. (iii). What are the attributes of a patriot? Can he die unwept, unhonoured and unsung? If no, why?
Ans. A patriot deserve all honour and reputation. He gets high name and fame. He is warmly welcomed by the people of his land. Minstrels welcome him with all intensity of praise. He lives a life full of ease and comfort. Whenever he dies, it becomes a national mourning. People show their deep concern for him. The country men shed tears for him. He is honoured even after his death. Poets and musicians compose songs in his praise. He becomes immortal in the heart of the people.

Q. (iv). Write a summary of the poem ‘Patriotism’ in your own words.
Ans. Please see ‘Summary in English’ in the chapter.

Q.(v) Write a note to justify the title of the poem.
Ans. The poem patriotism deals with the theme of patriotism. All through the poem, the poet talks about the man who has love for his native land. Such a man gets praise and position everywhere. Minstrels honour him with all pleasure. Even after his death he is remembered forever. His death becomes a national mourning. The poet also talks about the person who has no patriotic feeling for his nation. Such a man does not deserve any praise. Despite his power and position, he lives known and dies unnoticed. No one weeps for him.As the poem only presents the aspects of patriotism,the title becomes appropriate.