By: Steven Baggett Rupert brooke

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY A man of great physical beauty by reputation, Rupert Brooke was born in Rugby, Warwickshire where he attended the local school. He then gained entry into King's College, Cambridge (1905-11) where he became a Fellow in 1912. He travelled extensively and wrote many travel letters for the 'Westminster Gazette', London (1912-13). At the start of the First World War in 1914, he was assigned to the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He saw action at Antwerp which inspired the writing of five passionately patriotic sonnets, the last of them being The Soldier. He was at the height of his fame when he died during the war aged twenty- seven. He had been on his way to serve in the Dardanelles when he died of blood poisoning at Scyros and was buried there.

Famous Works The Treasure War Sonnet : Peace War Sonnet : Safety War Sonnet : The Dead War Sonnet : The Soldier TIARE TAHITI THE GREAT LOVER

INTERESTING FACTS EXCELLED IN BOTH ACADEMICS AND ATHLETICS HAD A TROUBLED LOVE LIFE…BETWEEN 1908 AND 1912 HE FELL IN LOVE WITH THREE DIFFERENT WOMAN TO WHICH NONE OF THEM LASTED LONG. AFTER HIS THIRD ROMANCE HE EXPERIENCED A MENTAL BREAKDOWN AND DECIDED TO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WAS AN INSPIRATION TO POET JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE, JR. MAGEE IDOLISED BROOKE AND WROTE A POEM ABOUT HIM CALLED “SONNET TO RUPERT BROOKE” WAS CRITIZED AS BEING TO SENTIMENTAL AND LACKING DEPTH, BUT ALSO CONSIDERED PROBABLY THE MOST PRE-EMINENT WAR POET FROM WORLD WAR I. WAS COMPARED TO THE LIKES OF WILFRED OWEN AND SIEGFRIED SASSOON

WORK CITED http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/181 http://www.poemhunter.com/rupert-brooke/biography/ http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/rupert_brooke.htm