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 Patriot is a dramatic monologue written by the renowned English poet and playwright Robert Browning. He is well known for his dramatic monologues and is widely celebrated as one of the foremost poets of the Victorian era. It was first printed in Men and Women (1855).

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -The moral of this Greek Tale is that one should never do something beyond limits or else it leads to his downfall. The patriot also repents for doing too much for his country and people. Having done too much, he now repents over his struggle as it has led him to face this day (on which he was executed).