Comparison between Rupert Brooke’s “The Soldier” and Thomas Hardy’s “Drummer Hodge”. Rupert Brook’s “the soldier” and Thomas Hardy’s “drummer hodge” share the same theme‚ however their individual perceptions about the war are very different and are depicted through their poems. Rupert Brook’s inspirational poem “the soldier” was written in 1914 and Brooke speaks from the first person as a soldier in World War I‚ as the simple title reveals. Brooke composed this poem before encountering the war
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Rationale This written task 1 is linked to part 3 of the IB English course‚ Literature- texts and contexts. I have chosen to write a positive movie review of the 2010 television version of Macbeth‚ produced by Rupert Goold with Patrick Stewart in the title role and Kate Fleetwood as Lady Macbeth. My purpose is to illustrate how this version of Macbeth‚ even though it is set in modern times and it is not always loyal to Shakespeare’s work‚ is still able to enhance the main themes and portray the
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Comparison of the “1914 V: The Soldier” and “Soldier’s Farewell” We’ve come so far in terms of civilisation‚ yet war is still a concept that is prominent and even thriving in our world. The poems “1914 V: The Soldier” by Rupert Brooke‚ and “Soldier’s Farewell” by Mike Subritzky both counter the prospect of war but uses different viewpoints. Putting into mind that Brooke came from WW1 while Subritzky wrote the poem during WW2‚ their mindsets might differ. “1914 V: The Soldier” had a very patriotic
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The Soldier - Poem by Rupert Brooke If I should die‚ think only this of me: That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore‚ shaped‚ made aware‚ Gave‚ once‚ her flowers to love‚ her ways to roam‚ A body of England’s‚ breathing English air‚ Washed by the rivers‚ blest by suns of home. And think‚ this heart‚ all evil shed away‚ A pulse in the eternal mind‚ no less Gives somewhere back the thoughts
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Research. Siegfried Sassoon Siegfried Sassoon was an English poet‚ author and also a solider. He was born on 8th September 1886 and died 1st September 1967. He was known as one of the leading poets of the First World War. He wrote his poems about war and what it was like in the trenches and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who were responsible for the pointless death of millions. He was born at Weirleigh hospital in Matfield‚ Kent. He had a Jewish father and an Anglo-catholic mother
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Comparison Essay Darlene D’Mello “Dulce Et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen and “The Soldier” by Rupert Brooke are both poems borne out of World War One. Despite the vast differences between the two‚ Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen were both poets during the war and their poems were written with 3 years of each other‚ “the Soldier” at the start of the war and “Dulce Et Decorum Est” towards the very end. Rupert Brooke wrote “The Soldier” right after the outbreak of the war‚ when patriotic fervour was high
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Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen are poets who fought for England in the First World War. Both poets depict the same topic of war‚ but through different views and opinions. Despite them pertaining to the similarly themed subject‚ their language and tone invoke contrasting feelings in readers and affects their impression of war in opposite ways. Examples of these differences can be seen in the two poems by Rupert Brook ’The Dead (iii) and ’The Soldier’ and two by Wilfred Owen ’Anthem for Doomed Youth’
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the texts you have studied “Soldier” – Rupert Brooke “Dulce et Decorum est” – Wilfred Owen Two poets I have identified to affect both feelings and thoughts through war poetry are Rupert Brooke with his pre- world war one poem ‘Soldier’ and Wilfred Owen through his poem ‘Dulce et Decorum est’. Both poems were written with the aim of affecting reader’s views towards the war‚ but the contrast between the two is unmistakeable. All throughout ‘Soldier’‚ Rupert Brooke is emphasising the superiority of
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and “The Soldier” show how the poets manage to put across their message effectively. In World War 1 many young men were encouraged to become soldiers and fight for their country. The poems “Dulce et Decorum est” by Wilfred Owen and “The Soldier” by Rupert Brooke tackle the subject of war and show the poet’s experience in war. In the poem “The Soldier” the poet speaks of the glory‚ honour and the nobility of war and of fighting and dying for England. Brooke shows a strong feeling of patriotism throughout
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