Bihar Board Class 12th English 100 Marks
Chapter-6
The Soldier
-Rupert Brooke
The soldier is a patriotic poem in form of sonnet composed by the great war poet Rupert Brooke. The poet describes the feeling of an English Soldier who goes to a foreign country to fight for his own country. He feels that the piece of foreign land where he will be buried in case of death, will be forever England. He considers the piece of foreign land to be England because he was born and brought up in England. He also expresses his sense of gratitude of his country for everything he got there the flowers, the air he breathes, the laughter that he has learnt from friends. Thus the poem shows the poet’s great love for his mother land.
