Your task is to write as a comment on this post a paragraph explaining how your understanding of these poems has changed through your research into their contexts.
i think that reasearching the back ground of the poem and the poet helped me understand the poem better because i understood how he must have felt and were he was coming from and also abit more about the war itself. aaalice.
I think that reasearching the poet of the poem and the poem help me understand the poem better as you could understand what the poet ment more and you also learnt somthing about the war it self - I Think its was helofull to reasearch the poem.
The soldier was written in 1914 by the poet Rupert Brooke. He was born in 1887 on the street Hillmorton road in Warwickshire. Rupert Brooke was also very famous.
reading his biography on the internet i found that Rupert Brooke wrote his poems so well because he used his own experiances to write them, He was a soldier in the war but was too scared to stay so he wrote his poems.
Who is marguarite rami? Marguerite rami ia a poet who wrights poems about wars and their tragedies. Why is the poem famous??? It shows the truth and tragedy behind war, also it's awesome. What war is it about? The poem is about the Israeli attack on Gaza. When was it written? A life is a life was written in 2009. What is it comparing the war to? The poem compares the war to the holocaust.
The soldier was written by Rupert Brooke and was the 5th of a series of poems intituled 1914. Brooke died the year after the poem was published aged 27. Brooke was a well educated man who went to Cambridge. He was known for his good looks.Shortly after his 27th birthday and took part in the Royal Naval Division's Antwerp expedition in October 1914. He sailed with the British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on 28 February 1915 but developed sepsis from an infected mosquito bite. He died at 4:46 pm on 23 April 1915 in a French hospital ship moored in a bay off the island of Skyros in the Aegean on his way to battle at Gallipoli. From this information I understand the poem better. Rupert Brooke was a brave man and really saw through the soldiers eyes because he was in the navy for some time. His poetry was based about the first world war because he lived trough that time. He was loyal to his country and I now think he didn’t care where he died he was fighting for his country and England goes where he goes. Daisy
The people who wrote these poems was Rupert Brooke and marguerite rami. Rupert was was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War (especially The Soldier). Marguerite Rami has been writing poetry since childhood. She finds it the only way to access some of her deepest thoughts. The poem the solider was written in 1914 and the poem a life is a life was written in 2009
Marguerite Rami based 'A life is a life' on a 2006 war called the 'Lebannon War'- It was also known as the July War 1,300 people died, and the millitary stayed there for 34 days-(July war)
Q, Did Rupert Brooke live in England ? A, yes he did live in England in Warwickshire
Q, was he a soldier ? A, no he was not a solider. But he did joined the royal navy.
Q, when was the soldier written. A, the soldier was written in 1887
Q, how did Rupert Brooke feel about war. A, I think he felt that is he was fighting for his country he did not care about the horrors of war. But as long as he was helping his country is was grateful
Marguerite Rami has been writing poetry since childhood. She finds it the only way to access some of her deepest thoughts.
She says, "I am deeply saddened that after so long we still go to war to settle conflict. I am angered by the obscene loss of life, always young life, perhaps the best of our future." (A life is a life is about the Israeli assault on Gaza. 2009)
Q, Did Rupert Brooke live in England ? A, yes he did live in England in Warwickshire
Q, was he a soldier ? A, no he was not a solider. But he did joined the royal navy.
Q, when was the soldier written. A, the soldier was written in 1887
Q, how did Rupert Brooke feel about war. A, I think he felt that is he was fighting for his country he did not care about the horrors of war. But as long as he was helping his country is was grateful
The Soldier 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 by England given; Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day; And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness, In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.
The conflict started on 12 July 2006, and continued until a United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into effect in the morning on 14 August 2006, though it formally ended on 8 September 2006 when Israel lifted its naval blockade of Lebanon.
Rupert Chawner Brooke (middle name sometimes given as Chaucer)[1] (3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915[2]) 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 prompted the Irish poet William Butler Yeats to describe him as "the handsomest young man in England
Brooke's accomplished poetry gained many enthusiasts and followers and he was taken up by Edward Marsh who brought him to the attention of Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty. He was commissioned into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as a temporary Sub-Lieutenant shortly after his 27th birthday and took part in the Royal Naval Division's Antwerp expedition in October 1914. He sailed with the British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on 28 February 1915 but developed sepsis from an infected mosquito bite. He died at 4:46 pm on 23 April 1915 in a French hospital ship moored in a bay off the island of Skyros in the Aegean on his way to battle at Gallipoli. As the expeditionary force had orders to depart immediately, he was buried at 11 pm in an olive grove on Skyros, Greece.[1][2][10] The site was chosen by his close friend, William Denis Browne, who wrote of Brooke's death:[11]
...I sat with Rupert. At 4 o’clock he became weaker, and at 4.46 he died, with the sun shining all round his cabin, and the cool sea-breeze blowing through the door and the shaded windows. No one could have wished for a quieter or a calmer end than in that lovely bay, shielded by the mountains and fragrant with sage and thyme.
Grave of Rupert Brooke on Skyros Island, GreeceHis grave re
How do the poets of “The soldier” and “A life is a life” present their feelings?
In “A life is a life” Marguerite Rami’s use of words obviously shows that she does not like war at all. “Then all the weeping of Palestine, who cannot fight an equal war” This clearly demonstrates that she hates war and that she totally disagrees with what is happening .
The poem “A life is a life” is very well expressed by the use of words he uses also the amazing sentences that were used to example... “In “The soldier”, Brooke demonstrates that he believes it is a good and noble thing to die for your country, the quotation I’ve picked to support my answer is “And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness, the word I have choose the word “laughter” implies that the energy of youth which has been cut short but the death of the soldier will live on in the memory of them. The positive view of death during wartime could have been seen as evidence of Brooke’s desire to raise the moral of the public during a war in which many young men where fighting and dieing. He also uses a very good variety of interesting vocabulary such as “Devastation, perpetuity and salvation.
i think that reasearching the back ground of the poem and the poet helped me understand the poem better because i understood how he must have felt and were he was coming from and also abit more about the war itself.
ReplyDeleteaaalice.
the poem, 'a life is a life' Was written in 2009 <3
ReplyDeleteMarguerite Rami has been writing poems ever since her childhood.
ReplyDeleteShe says that she has been moved by the Iraq & Afghanistan conflicts.
She see's these conflicts as a hopeless waste.
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the research helped me because it showed me information about the poet and that people dont all feel the same about war <3<3<3:)
ReplyDeleteI think that reasearching the poet of the poem and the poem help me understand the poem better as you could understand what the poet ment more and you also learnt somthing about the war it self - I Think its was helofull to reasearch the poem.
ReplyDeleteKatieee :)
By researching the poet Rupert Brooke I found out that he was a soldier who was very worried that he would die in a war.
ReplyDeleteThe poem 'The Soldier' was written in 1914 :)<3
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'The Soldier' is the fifth of a series entilted 1914; It was often contrasted from Wilfred Owen's 1917 anti-war poem.
ReplyDeleteThe poem was written just at the start of The First world war.
The Soldier”, being the conclusion and the finale to Brooke’s ‘1914’ war sonnet series, deals with the death and accomplishments of a soldier.
The soldier was written in 1914 by the poet Rupert Brooke. He was born in 1887 on the street Hillmorton road in Warwickshire. Rupert Brooke was also very famous.
ReplyDeleteA life is a life was written in 2009; It is one of Marguarite Rami's newest poems.
ReplyDeleteShe has always had an intrest in poems ever since she was young.
The way I feel when I read this poem was saddness because she tells that people Gaza are like cattle being herded.
'The Soldier' sold over 600 copies (L)
ReplyDeleteThe funny one..
rupert was born on 3rd of august 1887
ReplyDeleteHollianne Cadle :P
reading his biography on the internet i found that Rupert Brooke wrote his poems so well because he used his own experiances to write them, He was a soldier in the war but was too scared to stay so he wrote his poems.
ReplyDeleteThe poem 'The soldier' was written becuase the soldier wanted to show his love for his country, and the love he has for his soldier
ReplyDeleteThehardman!
Marguerite Rami wrote seven different war poetries:)
ReplyDeleteKieraSpeed.
Who is marguarite rami? Marguerite rami ia a poet who wrights poems about wars and their tragedies. Why is the poem famous??? It shows the truth and tragedy behind war, also it's awesome. What war is it about? The poem is about the Israeli attack on Gaza. When was it written? A life is a life was written in 2009. What is it comparing the war to? The poem compares the war to the holocaust.
ReplyDeleteThe Soldier
ReplyDeleteThe soldier was written by Rupert Brooke and was the 5th of a series of poems intituled 1914. Brooke died the year after the poem was published aged 27.
Brooke was a well educated man who went to Cambridge. He was known for his good looks.Shortly after his 27th birthday and took part in the Royal Naval Division's Antwerp expedition in October 1914. He sailed with the British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on 28 February 1915 but developed sepsis from an infected mosquito bite. He died at 4:46 pm on 23 April 1915 in a French hospital ship moored in a bay off the island of Skyros in the Aegean on his way to battle at Gallipoli. From this information I understand the poem better. Rupert Brooke was a brave man and really saw through the soldiers eyes because he was in the navy for some time. His poetry was based about the first world war because he lived trough that time. He was loyal to his country and I now think he didn’t care where he died he was fighting for his country and England goes where he goes. Daisy
The people who wrote these poems was Rupert Brooke and marguerite rami. Rupert was was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War (especially The Soldier). Marguerite Rami has been writing poetry since childhood. She finds it the only way to access some of her deepest thoughts. The poem the solider was written in 1914 and the poem a life is a life was written in 2009
ReplyDeleteThe Poen 'the Soldier' was written in July 1914 by Rubert Brooke. Impicit refrences of the poem are said in 'Muse's song 'soldiers poem'.
ReplyDelete'rupert brooke' died atthe age of 27 the end of world war 1 because of blood poisoning :)
ReplyDeletepart of the poem was adapted for the contingency television address that would have been read by president Richard Nixion
ReplyDeletei aint stressy
Marguerite Rami based 'A life is a life' on a 2006 war called the 'Lebannon War'- It was also known as the July War 1,300 people died, and the millitary stayed there for 34 days-(July war)
ReplyDelete'the soldier' was written to show his love for the army and the love he shares for his fellow soldier.
ReplyDeleteQ, Did Rupert Brooke live in England ?
ReplyDeleteA, yes he did live in England in Warwickshire
Q, was he a soldier ?
A, no he was not a solider. But he did joined the royal navy.
Q, when was the soldier written.
A, the soldier was written in 1887
Q, how did Rupert Brooke feel about war.
A, I think he felt that is he was fighting for his country he did not care about the horrors of war. But as long as he was helping his country is was grateful
Marguerite Rami has been writing poetry since childhood. She finds it the only way to access some of her deepest thoughts.
ReplyDeleteShe says, "I am deeply saddened that after so long we still go to war to settle conflict. I am angered by the obscene loss of life, always young life, perhaps the best of our future."
(A life is a life is about the Israeli assault on Gaza. 2009)
The soldier
ReplyDeleteQ, Did Rupert Brooke live in England ?
A, yes he did live in England in Warwickshire
Q, was he a soldier ?
A, no he was not a solider. But he did joined the royal navy.
Q, when was the soldier written.
A, the soldier was written in 1887
Q, how did Rupert Brooke feel about war.
A, I think he felt that is he was fighting for his country he did not care about the horrors of war. But as long as he was helping his country is was grateful
A life is a life is about the Israeli assault on Gaza:)
ReplyDeleteThe Soldier
ReplyDeleteIf 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 by England given;
Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;
And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,
In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.
Thats how the poem goes.<3
The conflict started on 12 July 2006, and continued until a United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into effect in the morning on 14 August 2006, though it formally ended on 8 September 2006 when Israel lifted its naval blockade of Lebanon.
ReplyDeleteIn 2009 Maguerite Rami wrote 7 poems aswell as A life as a Life
ReplyDeleteRupert Chawner Brooke (middle name sometimes given as Chaucer)[1] (3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915[2]) 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 prompted the Irish poet William Butler Yeats to describe him as "the handsomest young man in England
ReplyDeleteBrooke's accomplished poetry gained many enthusiasts and followers and he was taken up by Edward Marsh who brought him to the attention of Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty. He was commissioned into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as a temporary Sub-Lieutenant shortly after his 27th birthday and took part in the Royal Naval Division's Antwerp expedition in October 1914. He sailed with the British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on 28 February 1915 but developed sepsis from an infected mosquito bite. He died at 4:46 pm on 23 April 1915 in a French hospital ship moored in a bay off the island of Skyros in the Aegean on his way to battle at Gallipoli. As the expeditionary force had orders to depart immediately, he was buried at 11 pm in an olive grove on Skyros, Greece.[1][2][10] The site was chosen by his close friend, William Denis Browne, who wrote of Brooke's death:[11]
ReplyDelete...I sat with Rupert. At 4 o’clock he became weaker, and at 4.46 he died, with the sun shining all round his cabin, and the cool sea-breeze blowing through the door and the shaded windows. No one could have wished for a quieter or a calmer end than in that lovely bay, shielded by the mountains and fragrant with sage and thyme.
Grave of Rupert Brooke on Skyros Island, GreeceHis grave re
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ReplyDeleteHow do the poets of “The soldier” and “A life is a life” present their feelings?
ReplyDeleteIn “A life is a life” Marguerite Rami’s use of words obviously shows that she does not like war at all. “Then all the weeping of Palestine, who cannot fight an equal war” This clearly demonstrates that she hates war and that she totally disagrees with what is happening .
The poem “A life is a life” is very well expressed by the use of words he uses also the amazing sentences that were used to example... “In “The soldier”, Brooke demonstrates that he believes it is a good and noble thing to die for your country, the quotation I’ve picked to support my answer is “And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness, the word I have choose the word “laughter” implies that the energy of youth which has been cut short but the death of the soldier will live on in the memory of them. The positive view of death during wartime could have been seen as evidence of Brooke’s desire to raise the moral of the public during a war in which many young men where fighting and dieing. He also uses a very good variety of interesting vocabulary such as “Devastation, perpetuity and salvation.
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