“If I should die, think only this of me: That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is forever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam, A body of England’s, breathing English air, Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home”

What is a theme that can be identified from the above stanza from “The Soldier” by Rupert Brooke?

B. Patriotism or love for one’s country
C. The joys of war
D. Freedom and prosperity

Question

“If I should die, think only this of me: That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is forever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam, A body of England’s, breathing English air, Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home”

What is a theme that can be identified from the above stanza from “The Soldier” by Rupert Brooke?

  B. Patriotism or love for one’s country 	
  C. The joys of war 	
  D. Freedom and prosperity

hannaha · Answer

B. this passage shows an extreme love for his country of england

anonymous · Answer

okay thank you i thought it was c, but wasnt for sure

hannaha · Answer

sure :)

anonymous · Answer

can you help me with one more?