The Soldier Quotes + Context

Question 1

When did Rupert Brooke die?

Answer 1

WW1 1915

Question 2

Who is Rupert Brooke writing a love poem to in the Soldier?

Answer 2

England

Question 3

How did Rupert Brooke die?

Answer 3

Mosquito Bite (Greece)

Question 4

How reliable is The Soldier poem? (give reason why)

Answer 4

Not reliable –> Brooke never experienced trench warfare and was listening to government

Question 5

What did the poem The Soldier support?

Answer 5

Fighting and dying for ones country

Question 6

What expedition did Rupert Brooke take part in?

Answer 6

Antwerp Expedition October 1914 - between: Belgm, Brits, French, Germns

Question 7

What type of poem is The Soldier? (Not sonnet)

Answer 7

Propaganda poem

Question 8

What quote personifies England as a mother in the Soldier?

Answer 8

A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware

Question 9

What quote suggests how it is honourable to die for your country in the Soldier?

Answer 9

In hearts at peace under an English Heaven

Question 10

What quote brings the idea that England is a beautiful land in the Soldier?

Answer 10

Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home

Question 11

What quote makes reference to how soldiers will be with God in the Soldier?

Answer 11

A pulse in the eternal mind no less

Question 12

What quote shows England and the empire as a powerful force in the Soldier?

Answer 12

That is forever England

Question 13

What shows how England cleanses soldiers in the Soldier?

Answer 13

all evil shed away