rupert brooke

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Definition of rupert brooke in English English dictionary

a British poet who was a soldier in World War I. He wrote poems about war and romantic poems about England, including The Old Vicarage and Grantchester (1887-1915). born Aug. 3, 1887, Rugby, Warwickshire, Eng. died April 23, 1915, Skyros, Greece English poet. His best-known work, the sonnet sequence 1914 (1915), which includes the popular poem "The Soldier," expresses an idealism in the face of death that is in strong contrast to later poetry of trench warfare. His death at age 27 in World War I contributed to his idealized image in the interwar period

Hyphenation

Ru·pert Brooke

Turkish pronunciation

rupırt brûk

Pronunciation

/ˈro͞opərt ˈbro͝ok/ /ˈruːpɜrt ˈbrʊk/