1. The Soldier- Rupert Brooke Objective: To explain the use of language techniques within the poem. STARTER What kind of images does Brooke use when describing England? STARTER What kind of images does Brooke use when describing England?

2. Annotating your poem If I should die, think only this of me: That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is forever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam A body of England’s, breathing English air, Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home. What is the effect of saying ‘only’? What is the effect of the alliterative sound of ‘fff’ here? What is the effect of this personification? What images of England are we given here? Why is England repeated? What is Brooke trying to say about foreign countries? Why is the poem written in sonnet form?

3. Annotating your poem And think, this heart, all evil shed away A pulse in the eternal mind, no less Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given; Her sights and sounds, dreams happy as her day; And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness, In hearts at peace, under an English heaven. What does this suggest about soldiers who die in battle? Personification is used here again. How does this make it sound like a love poem? What is Brooke saying here about what will happen to him after death? What is this suggesting about all English soldiers? What qualities does the poem suggest the English possess?

4. Questions to PEE with 1.What feelings would the poem create in the soldier’s hearts? Explain in one paragraph using at least one quote from the poem. 2. The poem is a nationalist poem. What image does it present about war? Explain with reference to the poem. 3.) How does the poem present dying? Explain with reference to the poem. 1.What feelings would the poem create in the soldier’s hearts? Explain in one paragraph using at least one quote from the poem. 2. The poem is a nationalist poem. What image does it present about war? Explain with reference to the poem. 3.) How does the poem present dying? Explain with reference to the poem.