"Selected Poems by Rupert Brooke" is a collection that captures the whirlwind of emotions felt during the early 1900s, penned by a poet who saw beauty and sorrow intertwined. The collection centers on the themes of love, the beauty found in nature, and the stark reality of death, all seen through the eyes of youth facing a changing world. Brooke's poems, with their lyrical quality and emotional intensity, paint pictures of both peaceful countrysides and the courage found in soldiers during World War I. Poems like "The Soldier" echo with the pride and sacrifice of war, while others reminisce about times of simplicity. Ultimately, the work captures those brief moments of happiness and beauty that sit against the march of time, creating a lasting impact and connection to the natural world and the experiences of being human.
Selected Poems
By Rupert Brooke
Experience a world of love, loss, nature, and war through the eyes of a young poet facing the dawn of a tumultuous era.
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About the AuthorRupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially "The Soldier". He was also known for his boyish good looks, which were said to have prompted the Irish poet W. B. Yeats to describe him as "the handsomest young man in England". He died of septicaemia following a mosquito bite whilst aboard a French hospital ship moored off the island of Skyros in the Aegean Sea.
Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially "The Soldier". He was also known for his boyish good looks, which were said to have prompted the Irish poet W. B. Yeats to describe him as "the handsomest young man in England". He died of septicaemia following a mosquito bite whilst aboard a French hospital ship moored off the island of Skyros in the Aegean Sea.
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