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A famous poem about a soldier's last wish for his country and his comrades. Read the full text, the poem's history and context, and watch a video of the Poetry Out Loud recitation.
- Rupert Brooke
As A.C. Ward comments, "The Soldier" "became the one poem...
- Rupert Brooke
Learn about the patriotic and idealistic poem by Rupert Brooke, written during the First World War. Explore the themes, poetic devices, form, meter, rhyme scheme, speaker, setting, and context of "The Soldier".
A famous war poem that celebrates the noble deaths of soldiers for their countries. Learn about the poet, the themes, the form, and the tone of this sonnet written near the start of World War I.
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.
"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. The manuscript is located at King's College, Cambridge.
Rupert Brooke’s most famous poem of the WWI era. This poem, a sonnet, (see below) is notably Edwardian in its formal setting.
The Soldier. Rupert Brooke. 1887 –. 1915. If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field. That is for ever England. There shall be. In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam,
