Aims:

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1. To develop an understanding of the poem
2. To develop awareness of how poetic form is used
   in poetry.

Aims
C
ontent
A
ttitude
Atmosphere
or
T
echnique
Key Skills Communication Working with
others Improving own learning and performance
S
uccess
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Biography

• Born 3 August 1887
• Cambridge University
• Enlisted as Officer
• Patriotic Georgian Poet
• Died 23 April 1915,
• septic pneumonia from a mosquito bite

Rupert Brooke
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C
ontent

• In pairs, select a possible title for the poem.
• Summarise the content in one sentence.

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A
ttitude

• Underline every word with a negative association
  in red.
• Underline every word with a positive association
  in green.
• Underline every word that you associate with
  religion in blue.
• Write one paragraph explaining why you think this
  poem presents such an idyllic view of England.

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T
echnique

• Count the lines
• Count the syllables in each line
• Work out the rhyme scheme (using A B C etc)
• Do you know what this poetic form is called?

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T
echnique

• A sonnet is poetic form used traditionally as,
  amongst other things, love poems.
• Underline every example of personification
• Why do you think Rupert Brooke used this poetic
  form?

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S
uccess

• What do you think is the purpose of this poem?
• Console bereaved relatives
• Encourage boys to go to war
• Increase patriotic feeling among the general
  public
• To glorify and romanticise war

• To what extent does the poem achieve these aims?
  Write at least one paragraph