The Soldier Flashcards
Author - The soldier
Rupert Brooke
Speaker - The soldier
NOT RUPERT BROOKE
Impersonal, anonymous
Context - The soldier
He never fought in the war so didn’t know what it was really like - he died from a mosquito bite. Was written not from experience but from his imagination
- young, athletic and called “the handsomest young man in England”
- attended public school and was Cambridge educated
- neo-romantic poet (wrote after the period but includes elements)
About - The soldier
An idealised figure of a soldier and its patriotism
What are sonnets usually associated with - The soldier
desire and love
Setting - The soldier
WW1 in a foreign country
Attitudes/tones - The soldier
patriotic, idealistic
Why was it written - The soldier
written to a loved one to give them peace in the event that he died
Structure - The soldier
Petrarchan Sonnet
Rhyme Scheme - The soldier
ABAB CDCD
rhyming couplets
When was it written - The soldier
in 1914 when he was on leave at home at Christmas
Rhythm - The soldier
Iambic Pentameter
What is he educating us about - The soldier
the greatness of his country and how it is the best one
Imagery - The soldier
peaceful, joyful, calm picture created
War - The soldier
WW1
