“The Soldier” is not too similar to “Drummer’s Hodge.” They share some similarities such as taking place during a war, and death, but the themes as a whole have different meanings. . In the “Soldier” a soldier is thinking about his death that may occur when fighting for his country. In death, he believes that he will forever be a part of England as shown in the lines “That there's some corner of a foreign field/ That is forever England. “ (Brooke, 3-4)When he dies, he will no longer be an individual, but rather he will become a part of England. In the foreign land he dies in, England will be engraved in that land through the soldier’s death. The soldier’s significance in death is only dying for the freedom of England. In contrast, in
