The Soldier (poem) The Soldier (poem) "The Soldier" is a poem written by Rupert Brooke. The poem is the fifth of a series of poems entitled "1914". It is often contrasted with Wilfred Owen's 1917 antiwar poem "Dulce et Decorum est". The manuscript is located at King's College, Cambridge. This poem was written at the beginning of the First World War in 1914, as part of a series of sonnets written by Rupert Brooke. Brooke himself, predominantly a prewar poet, died the year after "The Soldier" was published. "The Soldier", being the conclusion and the finale to Brooke’s "1914" war sonnet series, deals
The Second Coming (poem) The Second Coming (poem) "The Second Coming" is a poem written by Irish poet W. B. Yeats in 1919, first printed in "The Dial" in November 1920, and afterwards included in his 1921 collection of verses "Michael Robartes and the Dancer". The poem uses Christian imagery regarding the Apocalypse and Second Coming allegorically to describe the atmosphere of post-war Europe. It is considered a major work of modernist poetry and has been reprinted in several collections, including "The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry". The poem was written in 1919 in the aftermath of the First World War and the beginning