Literary Analysis: The Soldier By Rupert Brooke

Register to read the introduction… It also glorifies the heroism of the English soldiers who fought in the war and tells you that there is a larger picture to consider and war is not always started because of reasons of the government. Brooks speaks in favor of the war and states that the ‘richer dust’ that is concealed in the ground that sinks into the already rich earth is from those soldiers who fought in the war. He uses this metaphor to decipher that the soldiers should be proud and England will be proud of them for fighting for their country. Another poetic device used in the poem is that he personifies England, talking about “her” like a mother looking after all the soldiers, ‘A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware.’ This is also in reference to ‘richer dust’ and it justifies that England has made the soldiers who they are and that they should return the favor by fighting for her. The use of alliteration in ‘foreign fields’ adds a flowing, enjambment style to the stanza as the “flowers” of England make it sound more natural and …show more content…
At the start of the war everyone was eager and enthusiastic but when the war actually started no one gave the soldiers the credit, there is the patriotic poem by Brooke which keeps repeating England and how it is great to give up your life for England as “she” has given you health and prosperity. However the more somber poem by Owen, which shows us the real truth about the war as he personally, fought in the trenches with his friends and he had seen them die. He would have the horrific true perspective of the war. The Language he uses is so powerful and is also philosophical and full of wonder like futility, Siegfried Sassoon’s poem is also a very honest poem, he tells the truth but he justifies that they are fighting for their country and ‘losing your legs’ will be an honor as people will always be