Rupert Brooke
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| '''Rupert Chawner Brooke''' (middle name sometimes given as '''Chaucer''') (3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915) was an [[England|English]] [[poet]] known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the [[World War I|First World War]] (especially ''[[The Soldier (poem)|The Soldier]]''); however, he never experienced combat at first hand. He was also known for his boyish good looks, which prompted the Irish poet [[William Butler Yeats]] to describe him as "the handsomest young man in England". | '''Rupert Chawner Brooke''' (middle name sometimes given as '''Chaucer''') (3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915) was an [[England|English]] [[poet]] known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the [[World War I|First World War]] (especially ''[[The Soldier (poem)|The Soldier]]''); however, he never experienced combat at first hand. He was also known for his boyish good looks, which prompted the Irish poet [[William Butler Yeats]] to describe him as "the handsomest young man in England". | ||
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Rupert Chawner Brooke (middle name sometimes given as Chaucer) (3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War (especially The Soldier); however, he never experienced combat at first hand. He was also known for his boyish good looks, which prompted the Irish poet William Butler Yeats to describe him as "the handsomest young man in England".
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