The soldier

• Who wrote the Solider?

  Rupert Brooke
• when was The Soldier written?

  1914
• " if i should die think only this of me"
• what form does The soldier take?

  Petrarchan sonnet
• what is the octect about?

  fate of body
• what is the sestet?

  fate of soul
• when did Brooke write the collection os sonnets ?

  before fighting
• what was Brookes collection of sonnets called?

  1914
• " there shall be in that rich earth a richer dust concealed"
• " a dust whom England bore , shaped , made aware "
• " give somewhere back the thoughts by England given"
• " washed by the rivers , blest by the suns of home "
• " and think this earth all evil shed away"
• as Brookes travlled how did he feel?

  homesick
• how did Brookes die?

  from blood poisoning - mosquito bite
• when did Brookes die?

  1915
• when did Brookes enlist to fight?

  fought in WW1 in 1914 at 27 years old
• what is different about The soldier compared to other WW1 poems?

  no mentions of suffering and bloodshed
• how was The soldier used after Brookes death?

  As propaganda - recruitment poem
• What other poems can you compare the theme of war with the soldier?

  Dulce et Decorum est

  The manhunt

  A wife in London
• what other poems can you compare death with?

  Mametz wood

  Dulce Et decorum Est