Soldier

Question 1

What does the title show “the soldier”

Answer 1

Suggests and anonymouse person- could reflect all the solders that went to war and epwrote there last letter for their hopes and dreams.

Question 2

Who wrote it

Answer 2

Rupert Brooke

Question 3

What century was it written

Answer 3

20th centry

Question 4

This poem has brookes hopes and dreams whta could this also refore to as ?

Answer 4

Being optomistic

Question 5

This peom has many positive thing about war and that ipypu shoukd be proud to fight. During the 29th century what was this called.

Answer 5

Propoganda

Question 6

Did brooke fight in the war

Answer 6

No, brooke died on the way tonbatte from a mosquito bite

Question 7

How does brooke presnet his feeling towards his county

Answer 7

Patriotic - he is dedicated and has love for his county.

Question 8

Why is the poem so positive

Answer 8

Brooke never wnpent to epwar therefore he never got to see the horroes it coukd bring

Question 9

What war was brooke going to fight in

Answer 9

Ww1

Question 10

“”Forever.....”
Stanze 1 (Line 3)

Answer 10

“Forever england”

Question 11

“Washed.....”
Stanza 2 (Line 8)

Answer 11

“Washed by the rivers”

Question 12

“Her sights.......”
Stanze 2 (Line 12)

Answer 12

“Her sights and sounds”

Question 13

“Under the ......”
Last line (Stanze 2)

Answer 13

“Under the english heaven”

Question 14

Structure

Answer 14

The poem is a sonnet

Question 15

What is the first line of the poem

Answer 15

“If i should die, think only this of me:”

Question 16

What is the last line of the poem

Answer 16

“In hearts at peace, under the english heaven”

Question 17

Annalyse - “if i shoul die”

Fist line

Answer 17

Like his last letter
Modal verb “should” suggest acceptance of death
Sacrifice, he is willing to die and do ehat it takes for his county .

Question 18

Annalyse - “forever england”
Stanze 1(Line 3)

Answer 18

Pride for fighting

Eternal glory for the soldiers

Question 19

Annalyse - “rich earth a richer dust concealed”

Stanze 1 (line 5)

Answer 19

“Rich” emohasises how rich and wealthy the county is.

“Dust” is religious imagery, remains of his body is superior to the grounds he died on.

Question 20

That is the poems format

Answer 20

It is a sonnet, normallyblove poems sonit is showing hisnlove for they county

Question 21

Causaura

Answer 21

Through out the poem, makes you think how important it is becuse it is almost pausing through awe. The country is so beaitiful you have to stop and look.

Question 22

Annalyse - “gave,once”

Stanze 1 (line 6)

Answer 22

Gave his time and duty to defend england, “once” shows he knoes there might not be a second time showing acceptance of death.

Question 23

Annalyse - “Breathing english air”

Stanze 1 (line 7)

Answer 23

England has given everything she has, such as “her flowers to love”, and now its time ot give back.
“Her” also shows personification becuse he is describing eng
And as a beautiful woomen.

Question 24

Annalyse - “a pulse in the eternal mind”

Stanze 2 (line 10)

Answer 24

Referance to a heart beat (personification), england is someone who needs to be saved, such as battling in war for her.
“Eternal minds” is religious imagery, when he dies his mind will live on.

Question 25

Annalyse - “sights and sounds” Stanze 2 (line 12)

Answer 25

Sybilance - up beat whipers, dream of the cherist memories. | Couldnalso be the quiet after the battle.

Question 26

Annalyse - “in heats at peace, under the english heaven” | Last line

Answer 26

Its okay that he has to die (“peace” suggests he has accepted it) she would be imprintign part of england on foreign land

Question 27

What do the lines show on the poem

Answer 27

Last few lines shows his pride. Death brings comfort, he has protected his country and died a hero. Believes what he is doing is good and right for the country.

Question 28

Overview of the soldier

Answer 28

“The Soldier" is a poem by Rupert Brooke written during the first year of the First World War (1914). It is a deeply patriotic and idealistic poem that expresses a soldier's love for his homeland—in this case England, which is portrayed as a kind of nurturing paradise. He feels his country to be both the origin of his existence and the place to which his consciousness will return when he dies. It captured the early enthusiasm for the war (before the grim realities of longterm conflict made themselves known). Nowadays, the poem is seen as somewhat naïve, offering little of the actual experience of war. That said, it undoubtedly captures and distills a particular type of patriotism.

Question 29

How many stanzas does it contain

Answer 29

2 stanzas (8,6 lines )