The Soldier Flashcards
Who wrote ‘The Soldier’?
Rupert Brooke
When was ‘The Soldier’ written?
1914
What form is ‘The Soldier’?
petrachan sonnet
finish the quote : ‘if i….
…should die’
finish the quote : ‘think only….
…this of me’
finish the quote : ‘that there’s some…
…corner of a foreign field’
Did Rupert Brooke ever serve in WWI?
no he died before
What did Rupert Brooke die of?
insect bite
When did Rupert Brooke go to war?
volunteered to go
finish the quote : ‘corner of…
…a foreign field’
finish the quote : ‘that is…
…for ever England’
finish the quote : ‘there shall be…
…in that rich earth’
finish the quote : ‘a richer…
…dust concealed’
finish the quote : ‘a dust whom…
…England bore’
finish the quote : ‘shaped…
…made aware’
finish the quote : ‘gave, once….
…her flowers to love’
finish the quote : ‘her ways..
…to roam’
finish the quote : ‘a body of…
…england’s’
finish the quote : ‘breathing…
…English air’
finish the quote : ‘washed by…
…the rivers’
finish the quote : ‘blest by…
..the suns of home’
finish the quote : ‘and think
…this heart’
finish the quote : ‘all evil..
….shed away’
finish the quote : ‘a pulse….
…in the eternal mind’
finish the quote : ‘no less…
gives somewhere back’
finish the quote : ‘the thoughts…
…by England given’
finish the quote :’her sights…
…and sounds’
finish the quote : ‘dreams as…
..happy as her day’
finish the quote : ‘and laughter…
…learnt of friends’
finish the quote : ‘and…
…gentleness’
finish the quote : ‘in hearts…
…at peace’
finish the quote : ‘under an…
…English heaven’
What is the first stanza of ‘The Soldier’?
octet
What is the second stanza of ‘The Soldier’?
sestet
What is the significance of the title ‘The Soldier’?
simplistic
identity
What type of poetry is The Soldier?
Georgian poetry - English countryside paradise
Why was Brooke idealistic and patriotic?
Christian faith
imperialism rooted in privilliged upbringing
