Rupert Brooke
Poet
British · Early 20th century
British poet who died in 1915 during World War One, known for patriotic war sonnets written before the full horror of trench warfare set in, particularly 'The Soldier.'
Connection to Taylor Swift
Brooke's early-war patriotic register provides the idealistic pole of the war poetry tradition that Taylor's Great War both draws on and moves past.
Notable Works
- The Soldier, 1914 and Other Poems