The Soldier by Rupert Brooke Flashcards

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The Soldier
Person?
Form?
Structure?

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1st- Personal, idealised opinion of a soldier
Petrachan sonnet- Purest form of sonnet, love poem to country
Iambic pentameter- Heartbeat rhythm, heightened emotion

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The Soldier
Context?

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Part of propaganda campaign for WW1
Originally titled The Recruit
Brooke died before seeing military action

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The Soldier
5 quotations

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‘If I should die’
‘corner of a foreign field/That is forever England’
‘suns of home’
‘Her sights and sounds’
‘hearts at peace, under an English heaven’

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The Soldier
‘If I should die’

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Bravery, death is real possibility
Conditional phrase, hope to live
1st person, emotive opening

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The Soldier
‘corner of a foreign field/That is forever England’

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Fricative, labiodental alliteration, gentle, light tone
Patriotism, wherever dies is English soil
Pride lives for eternity, after death

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The Soldier
‘suns of home’

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Homophone, brave men fighting for their families
Comfort, warmth, hope
Monosyllabic words slow down pace

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The Soldier
‘Her sights and sounds’

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Short clause creates list, England’s virtues are so plentiful
Personifies England as a perfect being that must be protected, cared for
Syndetic pair and sibilance, peace, tranquillity and certainty

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The Soldier
‘hearts at peace, under an English heaven’

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Death is a welcome release
Constant repetition, strong patriotism
Afterlife links to religious Garden of Eden, desirable place soldiers can reach

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