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RUPERT BROOKE (1887-1915) - Coggle Diagram
RUPERT BROOKE (1887-1915)
EARLY LIFE
Born in Warwickshire in 1887, in a wealthy family
His early poems were about idyllic views of the English countryside
He studied in Cambridge
He got enlisted into the Royal Naval Division at the beginning of WWI
In 1912 he published "Georgian Poetry, 1911-1912"
He belonged to the group of 'Georgian Poets', who dealt with humble themes
In 1915 he published the sonnet collection "1914 & Other Poems"
It expresses an enthusiastic praise for war
Dies in 1915 on a hospital ship in Greece, because of blood poisoning
The obituary in 'The Times' was written by Winston Churchill
He had a nervous breakdown in 1912 (probably due to a sexual crisis)
He was bisexual
WAR = CLEANSING
War appeared to him as a relief
In "Peace" he thanks God for the moral purification of the war
[War = purifying experience for people and nations]
PATROISM AND WAR
Brooke didn't have a long experience of war
He participated the war but he got immediately discharged
He celebrated war because he didn't know the true horrors of it
BROOKE'S WAR POEMS
The soldier'experience is a sacrifice for the nation
War is seen as a symbol of patriotism and heroism
Five war sonnet are written by Brooke and made him very popular
new symbol of the "young romantic hero"
WAR PROPAGANDA
British's first recruitment campaigns were unsuccessful
Posters and advertisements shamed man into enlisting
They told women that a man "unfaithful" to his country, would also be unfaithful to his girl