Posted by eclarke77 | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on November 9, 2021
Rupert Brooke is a famous poet born in Rugby, 1887. Rupert was most popular in World War I and was noted for writing The Soldier, a poem overlooking the bright side of the war.
He studied in Germany and travelled to Italy. He was a football and cricket player as well as a scholar. In 1914, Rupert enlisted in the war as soon as it broke out, as under the command of Winston Churchill. In 1915, Rupert sailed for Dardanelles. However, when sailing at Greece, he died because of blood poisoning from an insect bite in 1915 23rd April.
The Soldier portrays the fact of fighting for your own country as well as fighting for your life. It depicts the glory of winning a fight, or even losing one.