ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Patriot summary is one of the most famous poems of the 19th century English poet Robert Browning. It is one of those pieces for which Browning has adopted a modern literary device called the dramatic monologue.

Detailed explanation-2: -"The Patriot” is English poet Robert Browning’s reflection on human fickleness and frailty. Only a year before he tells his tale, this dramatic monologue’s speaker was honored as a patriotic hero; now, he’s on his way to his execution for unspecified crimes, as vilified as he was once idolized.

Detailed explanation-3: -The poem “The Patriot” by Robert Browning is a dramatic monologue. In this literary form, a character can freely speak up their feelings in front of the audience. In “The Patriot”, there is no dialogue between the speaker and the audience. So, it is a monologue.