← Rupert Brooke1914 and Other Poemsby Rupert BrookeCollection of patriotic poems written on the eve of World WarFind on Amazon↗About the authorRupert BrookeEnglish poet who became an icon of the generation that went to war in 1914. His sonnet The Soldier, with its patriotic idealism, contrasts with the grimmer realism that followed.More by Rupert BrookeCollected Poems→The Old Vicarage GrantchesterPoem evoking nostalgia and idle wandering at Cambridge→