Rupert Brooke was one of the early poets in the war. He felt privileged like many to fight for their country. He died of illness in 1915 before having seen any action. He wrote in a romantic style of optimists towards war. He is remembered as a "war poet" who inspired patriotism in the early months of the Great War. He was good at poetry but had not seen the fear of the war. He would …
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…saints long serried, Well out of hearing of our trouble. One Virgin still immaculate Smiles on for war to flatter her. She's halo'd with an old tin hat, But a piece of hell will battle her. Owen uses biblical comparisons to reveal how pure Christianity will not fit in with pure patriotism. He thought of war as anything but vile, if necessary evil. (Given sheets p. 12) http://www.hcu.ox.ac.uk/jtap/warpoems.htm