The Dead (poem) The Dead (poem) The Dead is the name of two poems by Rupert Brooke, parts III and IV of his collection "1914". Brooke wrote the five poems that were published in 1914 in the autumn after the outbreak of the First World War when he enlisted in the Royal Naval Division. Also in this collection is 'The Soldier', one of Brooke's most famous poems, though 'The Dead' (IV) was one of his personal favourites. The poems were published in New Numbers before being published in 1914. Brooke published five poems for this collection: I: 'Peace', II: 'Safety', III: 'The Dead',
Casabianca (poem) Casabianca (poem) "Casabianca" is a poem by the English poet Felicia Dorothea Hemans, first published in "The Monthly Magazine, Vol 2, August 1826 The poem starts: It is written in ballad meter, rhyming "abab". The poem commemorates an actual incident that occurred in 1798 during the Battle of the Nile aboard the French ship "Orient". The young son Giocante (his age is variously given as ten, twelve and thirteen) of commander Louis de Casabianca remained at his post and perished when the flames caused the magazine to explode. In Hemans' and other tellings of the story, young Casabianca refuses to