The Soldier by Rupert Brooke: Summary
‘The Soldier‘ is a war poem written by Rupert Brooke. This poem is a Sonnet. In this poem, the poet describes his feelings of love for his country.
The poet is himself a soldier and he has gone to fight in another country for his country. According to him, a soldier lives and dies for his country. The poet wants to die in battle for his country.
He says that his country has given him flowers to love and the air to breathe. All these things show the poet’s deep love for his motherland.
Thus, in this poem, the poet shows his Patriotism for his country. This poem is a patriotic poem that is full of love for England.
Objectives
1. The Soldier belonged to ……………..
- America
- England
- Russia
- none of these
Answer:- England
2. The Soldier is a …………… poem.
- love
- nature
- happy
- war
Answer:- war
3. The Soldier is written by …………….
- Kamala Das
- Rupert Brooke
- W.H. Auden
- John Donne
Answer:- Rupert Brooke
4. ……………. is remembered as a war poet.
- Rupert Brooke
- T. S. Eliot
- D.H. Lawrence
- None of these
Answer:- Rupert Brooke
5. Rupert Brooke praises ……………..
- Russia
- Germany
- France
- England
Answer:- England
6. A poem consisting of ………….. lines is a Sonnet.
- 14
- 15
- 13
- 12
Answer:- 14
7. The first ………….. lines are called Octave.
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
Answer:- 8
8. The last ………….. lions are known as sestet.
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
Answer:- 6
9. The poem …………. is a Sonnet.
- To Autumn
- Fire-Hymn
- Song of Myself
- The Soldier
Answer:- The Soldier
10. The images and praises of …………… run through both the stanzas.
- The USA
- England
- Germany
- France
Answer:- England
An Epitaph – Walter de la Mare
11. The dust stands for the …………….
- Soldier
- Farmer
- Teacher
- Leader
Answer:- Soldier
12. ‘The Soldier’ poem appeared in the year …………..
- 1915
- 1920
- 1925
- None of these
Answer:- 1915
- six
- two
- three
- none of these
Answer:- six
- England
- America
- Germany
- None of these
Answer:- England
- Rupert Brooke
- Edward Thomas
- Wordsworth
- None of these
Answer:- Rupert Brooke
- The Soldier
- If
- Adlestrop
- None of these
Answer:- The Soldier
- the first world war
- the second world war
- the war of Panipat
- None of them
Answer:- the first world war
- Indian soldier
- American soldier
- English soldier
- Irish soldier
Answer:- English soldier
- peace
- memory
- delight
- war
- novelist
- soldier
- lieutenant
- businessman
Answer:- soldier
21. ‘The Soldier’ was written and published during ………….
- World War-I
- World War-II
- Vietnam War
- Spanish-American War
Answer:- World War-I
Subjective
1. How does the poet feel about dying for his country?
Ans:- The poet Rupert Brooke, instead of mourning about the devastation of War, celebrates the thought of dying for his country. He is happy to sacrifice his life for his country.
2. What is the theme of the poem?
Ans:- Death, War, and Patriotism are the basic themes of the poem ‘The Soldier‘.
3. How would he like to be remembered if he died there?
Ans:- He would like to be remembered as a man who was born and brought up in England. And who loved his country and countrymen by heart and soul. The place where he would be buried should be treated as a part of England after his death.
4. How can some corner of a foreign field be forever England?
Ans:- That foreign corner would be forever England. Because there would lay buried an English soldier who sacrificed his life for the honor and prestige of his country.
5. ‘In that rich earth a richer dust concealed’ what does dust stand for?
Ans:- It is believed that man is made of dust and he returns to dust after his death. Here, the dust stands for the soldier who would be buried in that foreign country in case of his death on the battlefield. He calls the place rich but his own country richer. This shows his abundant patriotism.
6. Is the speaker afraid of death?
Ans:- No, the speaker is not afraid of death rather he is ready to die for his country.
Explanation
1. If I should die, think only of this …………. That is forever England.
>>> These lines have been taken from the patriotic sonnet ‘The Soldier‘ by the English poet Rupert Brooke. The poet is talking about a British soldier who is fighting in a foreign country for England. The soldier wishes that if he dies there, the place where he would be buried would become the part and parcel of England forever.
2. And think, this heart, all evil shed away
A pulse in the eternal mind, no less
Gives, somewhere back the thoughts of England given.
>>> These lines have been taken from the poem ‘The soldier‘ which is written by Rupert Brooke. The heart of the soldier is free from all evils. He had a deep love for his motherland. The poet wanted to say that there must be a pulse in the eternal mind that works to avoid war.
His country England had given him noble thoughts, patriotism for his nation’s happy dreams. He wanted to return the thoughts given by Britain.
3. “Her sights and sounds’ dreams happy as her day;
And Laughter learned of friends; and gentleness,
In heart at peace, under an English heaven”.
>>> These lines have been taken from the poem ‘The soldier‘ which is written by Rupert Brooke. The soldier said that his country England had given him the pleasant sights and sounds such as the flowers, the English air, rivers, and the sun rays.
What should the countrymen think of the speaker?
speaker himself is a countryman and h loves his country. threefore, we can infer that that his countryman thinks highly of the speaker.