Suggest an anonymous person, reflecting on how many soldiers dies during ww1. it’s a sonnet, a lovepoem for England
‘If I should die’
Suggest an acceptance of death and model verb ‘should’indicates a willingness to die for your country
‘Richer dust’
Suggest the remains of his body are superior to the ground he lies in because he is English not foreign.Dust could mean an idea of brokenbodies become dust when we die.
‘A pulse in the external mind’
Suggest his presence in the soil of foreignland will always live on making him immortal
‘Under the English heaven’
shows his pride in England as he suggest England is almost like paradise and to die in England’s name will bring him ‘peace’
