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Analysis of the Poem "The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke
I am analyzing the poem "The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke. This poem
is about a man who loves his country dearly. The country is England. He
believes that if he should die in a far away battle field that people
should remember of him only that he was Engli ....
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.... would probably not have such a great effect on the reader. Lines
such as this one force the reader to see the land in the same light as the
poet.
Symbolism also plays a key role in this poem. Some of the more
obvious uses of symbolism are apparent in the line "And laughter, learnt
of friends; and gentleness." Obviously we realize that the land does not
laugh and is not gentle. This is symbolism used to tell us how wonderful
a place England is to live. More symbolism is in the first stanza where
the poem says "If I should die, think only this of me: That ther ....
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