The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke
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Rupert Chawner Brooke (3 August 1887 - 23 April 1915) 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 were said to have prompted the Irish poet W. B. Yeats to describe him as "the handsomest young man in England". 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 the landing at Gallipoli. As the expeditionary force had orders to depart immediately, he was buried at 11 pm in an olive grove on Skyros, Greece.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1480015539
ISBN13:9781480015531
Release Date:September 2012
Publisher:Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Length:168 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
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Rupert Brooke's collected poems--great collection!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I was delighted when I discovered a complete collection of Rupert Brooke poetry. I fell in love with this poet as a teenager, and I still marvel at the beauty of the passages.
Amazing poet
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Lately I have been studying a lot of different poets and I have to say that I am rather impresses with his writings. This is a definite one to add to your collection.
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