The Soldier

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The Soldier is a famous World War I sonnet by English poet Rupert Brooke that idealistically reflects on patriotism, sacrifice, and the notion of an English soldier’s death abroad.

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The Soldier canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf poem ⓘ
sonnet ⓘ
war poem ⓘ
associatedWith British war poetry ⓘ
Georgian poetry ⓘ
author Rupert Brooke ⓘ
contrastedWith anti-war poetry of Siegfried Sassoon ⓘ
anti-war poetry of Wilfred Owen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception noted for its idealized view of war ⓘ
famousLine That is for ever England. ⓘ
There’s some corner of a foreign field ⓘ
firstLine If I should die, think only this of me: ⓘ
form Petrarchan sonnet ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
imagery England as a nurturing motherland ⓘ
English soil abroad ⓘ
includedIn many World War I poetry anthologies ⓘ
influence shaped early patriotic responses to World War I in Britain ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod World War I literature ⓘ
linked to: World War I poetry
meter iambic pentameter ⓘ
narrativeVoice an English soldier ⓘ
numberOfLines 14 ⓘ
openingQuatrainFocus the soldier’s imagined death ⓘ
partOf 1914 and Other Poems ⓘ
perspective first person ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Peace ⓘ
Safety ⓘ
The Dead ⓘ
rhymeScheme ABBA ABBA CDE CDE ⓘ
sestetFocus spiritual transformation and peace ⓘ
setting foreign battlefield ⓘ
subject an English soldier dying abroad ⓘ
subjectOf literary criticism on patriotism and propaganda ⓘ
taughtIn English literature courses ⓘ
theme death ⓘ
idealism ⓘ
national identity ⓘ
patriotism ⓘ
remembrance ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
tone idealistic ⓘ
patriotic ⓘ
war World War I ⓘ
yearPublished 1915 ⓘ
yearWritten 1914 ⓘ

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Rupert Brooke → notableWork → The Soldier ⓘ
1914 and Other Poems → containsPoem → The Soldier ⓘ
Rupert Brooke → notableWork → The Soldier ⓘ
subject linked to: Brooke
Philemon → notableWork → The Soldier ⓘ