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Comparison between “The Soldier” and “A Dead Boche”
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Comparison between "The Soldier" and "A Dead Boche" We were set to compare 2 war sonnets, which were "The Soldier (By Rupert Brooke) and A Dead Boche (By Robert Graves)"; these 2 poems are completely the opposite of each other including some wording, the structure etc. Here is the first comparison: What the Poem Is Talking About * The Soldier - This poem is trying to put the message through that being in the army will give you great pride, glory, shows your manliness, a hero's legacy, a man's 'Life's tournament'. He describes war as being the break out of labour and hard working jobs, the soldiers can get out of these jobs to find great pride in going to war and fighting off the evil Hun and come back to be glorified and cheered on into 'heaven'. Soldiers that have died, he describes them as being manly, courageous and helped England...
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