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                                                                                           Rupert Brooke.

Rupert Brooke is a famous English poet , he started writing during the First             World War.He was born in Rugby,Warwickshire on the 3rd of August 1887               and died on the 23rd of April 1915.Brooke was born at 5 Hillmorton Road,          Rugby, Warwickshire, and named from his great-grandfather on his                          mother’s  side. He was the third of four children of William Parker.He was              educated in Rugby School,King’s College,Cambridge.As he is a poet one of his       most famous poets is the Soldier.The Soldier, by Rupert Brooke, was                         published in 1915 . That poem  reflects British sorrow over and pride in the            young men who died in World War I.

Rupert Chawner Brooke

(3 August 1887-23 April 1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War,especially The Soldier.He was known for his boyish good looks.