Rupert Brooke The soldier

Thanks to this poem, Brooke became a favourite poet among the young people of his generation.

• True

• False

This poem was published in 1918.

• True

• False

Structurally, the poem is a Shakesperean sonnet.

• True

• False

Brooke joined the war early, but died soon after, in April 1917, from blood poisoning.

• True

• False

Brooke

• was educated at

  Eton College,

  where his father was a master.

• went to King's College,

  Oxford

• became popular for his

  handsome looks

• died on the

  Baltic

  Sea.

The speaker

• emphasises the rudeness of the English people.

• seems afraid of death.

• says his grave will be in another country.

• regards death in battle as a terrible shame.

The Soldier

• This poem is noted for its

  incipit

• Thanks to this poem, Brooke became a favourite poet among the

  old people of his generation.

• This poem was published in

  1935

• The tone of the poem is

  sentimental

Very few young men volunteered for military service in WWI.

• True

• False

The conflict was considered

a tragedy

to be faced for noble ends.

• True

• False

After the carnage of the Battle of the Somme

in 1916, doubt and disillusionment replaced the British soldiers' sense of pride.

• True

• False