Rupert Brooke possessed one of the most amazingly sensitive, amazingly sensual poetic minds of the 20th century. Born into a world swiftly sliding into war, torn between highly idealized, romanticized relationships with men and conflicted, often bitter love for women, he expressed his complex emotions and vivid perceptions in verse of startling force, striking sensory intensity, and sometimes sly and biting humor. He left us just under 100 poems before his terribly untimely death of sepsis while serving in the British Navy in World War I.
His war poems made his reputation, particularly The Soldier (there is some corner of a foreign field/That is forever England.) Ironically, his poem fits his own death; he was buried in Greece, fulfilling his own words.
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" Amazing English poet, very inspirational, one of my favorites of his time. " — Cher (5 out of 5 stars)
" Amazing English poet, very inspirational, one of my favorites of his time. "
" Not sure it was this edition. Good poetry. "
" His poetry and his short life are so moving. "
" 1915 1st ed. was destroyed in the flood. "
" I love old poetry books. My favorite two poems in here were "Doubts" and "The Calling" "
" Brilliant, lean poetry. Haunting. "
" his death was certainly my loss. "
Ghizela Rowe has worked in broadcast television for thirty years on a broad range of programming. Her specialization is in music. She helps run the Copyright Group, an extensive collection of master recording rights, and has lent her voice to many audiobooks, including The Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Elizabeth Gaskell: The Short Stories, and The Romantics: An Introduction.
Robert Bethune brings many years of acting, directing, coaching, and teaching in live theater to his work in audiobooks. He is also a writer, translator, musician, photographer and filmmaker, operating from his studio in southeastern Michigan. When he can be pried out of the studio, he and his wife enjoy getting out into the woods and fields with their dogs.
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