Statue
of Rupert Brooke in the grounds
of the Old Vicarage in Grantchester,
near Cambridge, England
A former residence of Brooke and
the current home of Jeffrey Archer
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The Soldier? (Poem)
Of Rupert Brooke,
scant knowledge I possessed:
I thought he'd died with pen and gun in
hand,
Wrote verse while digging trenches. And,
I guessed,
Expressed the horrors seen in No
Man’s Land.
But sepsis from a Greek mosquito's bite
Despatched him early, so he never saw
The battles Owen and Sassoon would fight
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Hence Brooke idealised life lost in war.When Dean, Monroe and Lady
Di had passed,
An icon status grew from public need.
Thus Brooke lent those who fell a face
and voice.
This handsome, troubled soul could be
ranked last
For epithet of 'war poet' to
cede.
Might 'Pre-war poet' be the
soldier's choice?
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Poems
by Rupert Brooke:
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Photographs
© Swan Morrison
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