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Sep 10, 2019 · A poem about a soldier's last thoughts before dying in World War I, expressing patriotism, religion, and romance. Learn about the context, the poet, and the criticism of this classic war sonnet.
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A famous poem about a soldier's last wish for his country and his comrades. Read the full text, learn about the poet and the context of the poem, and watch a video of the recitation.
A classic poem from the First World War that expresses a soldier's love for his homeland, England, as a paradise. Learn about the themes, poetic devices, form, meter, rhyme scheme, and context of this patriotic and idealistic poem.
- Analysis of The Soldier
- Form and Tone
- About Rupert Brooke
Stanza One
The poem starts off with what might be considered a sense of foreboding. Although one might think that this hints at the nature of the poem that is misleading as the poem almost espouses the idea of dying during wartime, rather than condemning it. This almost flies in the face of General Patton who once said “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his”! The opening line also provides a tone to the poem that makes it feel almost like an epistolar...
Stanza Two
As is often the case with a sonnet the second stanzaapproaches a new concept. In this case, it appears that the narrator is adding a further thought due to the first line. “and think this” makes it seem like he has had an epiphany. The use of language in this stanza is really interesting. It talks of hearts and minds in an attempt to personifyEngland. The reason for doing this is because people have a vested interest in people. If you can humanize a country you can increase its value in the e...
‘The Soldier‘ is similar to a Petrarchan sonnet (or Italian Sonnet if you prefer.) This means it has 14 lines which are separated into stanzas. The rhyming pattern for this is not typical of a Petrarchan sonnet, which usually has a ABBAABBA CDECDE pattern. It is full of positivity and seems to glorify the idea of a person dying for their country. D...
Rupert Brooke was predominantly a war poet. Fellow poet Yeates once described him as “the handsomest young man in England”. Unfortunately, that was a trait that Brooke took to the grave with him as he died tragically young at the age of just 27. Perhaps it is somewhat ironicthat whilst he passed away whilst serving his country his death wasn’t part...
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A reading of the poem by David Barnes for Librivox Free Audio Collection accompanied by a slideshow of a selection of photos of First World War soldiers dona...
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"The Soldier" is a poem written by Rupert Brooke. The poem is the fifth in a series of poems entitled 1914 . It was published in 1915 in the book 1914 and Other Poems .
About. Genius Annotation. 4 contributors. Rupert Brooke’s most famous poem of the WWI era. This poem, a sonnet, (see below) is notably Edwardian in its formal setting. It is thematically...
