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English- poetry anthology
the soldier- Thomas hardy
soldier- quote explanations
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"some corner of a foreign field that is forever England"
decomposing
English
body
becomes part of
field
where its
buried. colonial image
of
England
taking over through
war
suggests his
death
is
meaningful
"richer dust"
religious
image (
ashes
to
ashes..
) suggests his
death
was like a
holy sacrifice.
"
richer
" suggests
England
was
elite
/ the
best
"washed by the rivers, blest by the suns of home"
extended metaphor
, Englands a
nurturing mother.
sounds almost
baptismal-
a
holy
process
"all evil shed away, a pulse in the eternal mind no less"
every
English
individual
joins a
great
collective
in
heaven
"English heaven"
Brooke
is
idealising war
and
England.
thinks the soldiers
sacrifice forgives
all
sins
committed
in
war
"
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