The Soldier

Who wrote The Soldier?

• Rupert Brooke
• Simon Armitage
• Wilfred Owen
• Owen Sheers

Which war does The Soldier focus on?

• WW1
• WW2
• The Boar War
• The Bosnian War

What year was The Soldier written?

• 1914
• 1935
• 1899
• 1992

What is the form of the poem, The Soldier?

• Sonnet
• Limerick
• Haiku
• Ballad

What is the overall tone of the poem, The Soldier?

• Patriotic

• Positive

• Negative

• Angry

In The Soldier, what technique is used in the quote 'A dust whom England bore, shaped...'?

• Personification
• Simile
• Onomatopoeia
• Pathetic fallacy

Finish the quote that contains alliteration, 'That there's some corner of a foreign...'

• field

• country

• land

• ground

What is the soldier willing to die for in this poem?

• His girlfriend

• His wife

• His mother

• England

How is war presented in The Soldier?

• Noble

• Heroic

• Tragic

• Horrific

What meter is the poem written in?

• Iambic tetrameter

• iambic pentameter

• trochaic heptameter

• dactylic octameter