'The Soldier' is a sonnet written by Rupert Brooke during the Great War. It was published in 1915. In his war poem Rupert Brooke talks about his feelings toward his home country. He is very concerned with informing the reader about the riches of England and what 'she' [England] can give to others. He is very patriotic telling the reader that it is honourable and heroic to die for one's country. 'Dulce Et Decorum Est' is …
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…Brooke leaves more to the imagination by not describing his every thought to the least detail. The rhyming patterns are unlike along with the form of the poems. The different forms, symbolizes their differences. They have two perspectives to war. Despite these differences, there is one element which they both have in common; their use of imagery. Both poems talk about war and are written around the same time which make them similar in subject.