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
Casabianca (poem) Cole). The poem is recited in the 2011 film version of "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy", by character Peter Guillam, after the "safe-house" used by the mole is discovered and inspected. Guillam seems to do this in order for others to test the planted microphone, although this isn't explicitly stated. Generations of schoolchildren created parodies based on the poem. One, recalled by Martin Gardner, editor of "Best Remembered Poems", went: Spike Milligan also parodied the opening of the poem: Eric Morecambe created another parody: -WT Byrd Casabianca (poem) "Casabianca" is a poem by the English poet Felicia Dorothea Hemans, first published