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Comparison of "Dulce et decorum est" by Wilfred Owen and "The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke.
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"Dulce et decorum est" by Wilfred Owen and "The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke are the two poems which I have chosen to analyse. Rupert Brooke was the "golden boy" of poetry at this time. He died of malaria in 1915 during active service in World War One. Often used in the war, this sonnet was popular for recruitment purposes. "The Soldier" is about an unnamed soldier in an unnamed war writing to his family at home expressing his wishes, if he never returns from war. As this poem is a sonnet, it is not of considerable length being only fourteen lines long. Wilfred Owen came from a more humble family and took active service in World War One in which he became a junior officer. During the war, he became a poet to reflect on the experiences of the fighting which gave him the title of the most celebrated of...
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