The Soldier
Author(s): Rupert Brooke
Genre(s): Poetry, Multi-version (weekly And Fortnightly Poetry)
Narrators: Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010), Antoinette T. Griffin, Bob Sherman, Christian Storms, Icyjumbo (1964-2010), Cori Samuel, Diana Majlinger, David Lawrence, David Barnes, Ernst Pattynama, Elli, Katharine, Kim Stich, Lee Ann Howlett, Lucy Perry, Phil Griffiths, Peter Yearsley, Ruth Golding, Ravenotation, TriciaG
Number of Chapters: 20
Length: 26 minutes
Language: English
LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of The Soldier by Rupert Brooke. This poem was written, as the concluding part of a series of sonnets, on the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Brooke, himself, died the following year on his way to a battle at Gallipoli.
This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 8th, 2009.