Rupert Brooke - The Soldier - poem

[AbeniSisterSnake]

People were very Patriotic Early 1900's.

Soldier and Loyalist.

Gift of Glorious Poetry.

[maybesometime123]

Like this if you're doing this for an English Project. ;D

[MrPansperson]

Rupert Brooke would not write this poem about England today. For a start, that bent,slimy bastard Jeffrey Archer has been living in his house for the last 30 years or more.

[methuselah12]

very badly read i feel. doesn't evoke emotion...it's like it's read by google translate with an english voice filter

[southwind135]

I realize that some people are hung up on the "Fatal Bug Bite". My father was in North Africa in world war 2 and he almost died of malaria twice. They had the hole dug. His squadron was almost wiped out three times over. He and one other man survived the war. He said even the chaplain was killed. If the maleria would have gotten him instead of a bullet would his death had less meaning? One would have to be an unmitigated cad to belittle any sacrifice a soldier makes. Especially on death.

[mightywindmill102]

Makes me feel patriotic and sad :(

[karl9x]

Beautiful but meaningless... You should have lived a longer life, Rupert. Your words and poetry were and are beautiful. I mourn what could have been.

[DaDodger88]

the poem is not retelling his experiences in the war. it is more like something you would say to a loved one as you left to the front lines.

[kunaiXfighter]

I fancy him me :/

[juliannarox]

this dude didnt even fight in the war, he was killed by a mosquito! its a beautiful poem, its gorgeous, but its not the true fact, that Wilfred Owen got to experience.

[aprilsdiamond1]

@ Juliannarox. This man said "if" he was to die. Meaning no maybe he's not fighting in war but if he was to then he wants to be remembered as a man from England. This is about someone being so proud of their Country, which might I add we don't see every day. And no he didn't fight in the war but you have to remember he died shortly after this was published. Think before you act. Have a little respect and know your facts before you speak please.

[alexcsmith2011]

You are a fool! He was trained for war! He was on his way to do battle! Many of his friends had already died in battle! His, was a country at war! He wished to comfort those that had lost so much! Little did he know that his time was so short! Thank God, he felt what he did and shared it in such an eloquent way! To this day, there are many who feel comforted by his words.

[juliannarox]

your misunderstanding my comment. i studied this poem in my English class for over a month and a half and did essays on it and analysed it and researched Rupert Brooke. im not saying he didnt get trained or that he wasnt on his way to war, i just said he was killed by a mosquito and never got the chance to experience wars truth. im proud that he wrote this poem and that he wrote it with pride for his country.

[bookworm266]

@juliannarox. A mosquito the insect, or a mosquito the aeroplane? An important distinction.

[davidoffon]

Now my dislike of mosquitoes is heightened.