The Soldier

Question 1

Context

Answer 1

ww1 soldier who died from septicaemia, and was buried in Cyprus.
He was very patriotic towards england

Question 2

Structure/form

Answer 2

starts off talking about ‘a’ soldiers death and how his decomposing body will infuse englands values and ideals in foreign soil
Middle personifies england talking about the beautiful and picuresque countryside
Final stanza suggests that he will attain some form of immortality under an english heaven, even if the land he stays in is not.
It is a sonnet, a love peom to England

Question 3

Quotes to remember[5]

Answer 3

Title's anonymity shows how many people died in WW1
'If i should die'
'Richer dust'
'a pulse in the eternal mind'
'under an english heaven

Question 4

Author

Answer 4

Ruper Brooke