III .The Dead Analysis

Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead!
There's none of these so lonely and poor of old,
But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.
These laid the world away; poured out the red
Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be
Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene,
That men call age; and those who would have been,
Their sons, they gave, their immortality.

Blow, bugles, blow!They brought us, for our dearth,
Holiness, lacked so long, and Love, and Pain.
Honour has come back, as a king, to earth,
And paid his subjects with a royal wage;
And Nobleness walks in our ways again;
And we have come into our heritage.

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I believe that the second stanza has a symbolism. It symbolizes the death of Christ and how according to the passage,"Holiness, lacked so long, and Love, and Pain.
Honour has come back, as a king, to earth,
And paid his subjects with a royal wage;
And Nobleness walks in our ways again;"

| Posted on 2009-05-21 | by a guest

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I belive he is trying to get people into war. We see this when he says "rich dead". He is almost saying that these soldiers are lucky to have the chance to die for their country.

| Posted on 2009-05-18 | by a guest

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Brooke opens his sonnet with a sense of celebration, where he says, ‘Blow out, you Bugles, over the rich Dead!’ A bugle is a military musical instrument used at celebrations, suggesting that this was a time to celebrate and look forward to things (the war). It symbolizes the honour brought by fighting for your country. ‘the rich dead!’ is an important element in the opening line of the poem. It defines the dead as honourable signifying that people who will or already have died are war heroes and bring honour to the country. The word, ‘Dead’ is written with a capital letter to further suggest the importance of dying for your country. (Mainly important things are given capital letters, i.e. countries, people etc.) The line is written with an exclamation mark (!). This suggests that the opening line is meant to be said and heard triumphantly.
The third line in the same stanza has the same idea where Brooke says ‘dying has made us rarer gifts than gold.’ It shows the same ignorance towards the true horrors. This could have been because Brooke was never a soldier and had not fought in any wars, so his poem would be what he imagined war to be like

| Posted on 2009-04-11 | by a guest

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Brooke opens his sonnet with a sense of celebration, where he says, ‘Blow out, you Bugles, over the rich Dead!’ A bugle is a military musical instrument used at celebrations, suggesting that this was a time to celebrate and look forward to things (the war). It symbolizes the honour brought by fighting for your country. ‘the rich dead!’ is an important element in the opening line of the poem. It defines the dead as honourable signifying that people who will or already have died are war heroes and bring honour to the country. The word, ‘Dead’ is written with a capital letter to further suggest the importance of dying for your country. (Mainly important things are given capital letters, i.e. countries, people etc.) The line is written with an exclamation mark (!). This suggests that the opening line is meant to be said and heard triumphantly.
The third line in the same stanza has the same idea where Brooke says ‘dying has made us rarer gifts than gold.’ It shows the same ignorance towards the true horrors. This could have been because Brooke was never a soldier and had not fought in any wars, so his poem would be what he imagined war to be like

| Posted on 2009-04-11 | by a guest

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i really like the poem i cant work out if his thoughts are positive or not. he has a real closeness to the soldiers which i like he's really humble
Lotti x

| Posted on 2009-03-23 | by a guest

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Brooke's view on world war one was that he couldnt 'find' himself as a poet and he felt that by enlisting and fighting he would not only develope a sence of patirotism but he would be preserving himself.. he had strong views about the heroic attitudes towards me who fought and felt that (as he was inspired by churchill to join the navy) he would be discovering his true calling in war. its dissapointing that brooke died of a mosquito bite before actually fighting in battle therefore he displays naivety in his poetry. he glorifies death and 'Englishness' and he feels that the war was an opportunity for men to become fulfilled. the glorification in death is simply due to the fact that for brooke eveything in life happened in order to prepare him for the war hence, in 'the soldier' he begins ,"if i die think only this of me' He cannot be negative about the war due to his excitement and passion for enlisting himself. death isnt his escape from life but is his way of being remembered and almost heroicly looked up to because of the sacrifice he and all soldiers had made for their country

| Posted on 2009-01-10 | by a guest

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This is a good essay question There is nothing glamorous, heroic or patriotic in this initial scene.

| Posted on 2009-01-02 | by a guest

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this poem is an attack on the war and not a glorification of war. it attempts to exaggerate the fact that these soldiers are real human beings with feelings and a life that should not be so easily disposed through war.

| Posted on 2008-10-08 | by a guest

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Brooke glorifies death because he thinks that it is right to die for your own country.

| Posted on 2008-09-10 | by a guest

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I believe that the poet has a positive view of war. He displays this by refering to positive things when talking about negative things. For example, "the rich Dead" the uppercase Dead also gives the Dead a title, which indicates some importance.
Brooke also glorifies the death of soldiers by saying "poured out the red sweet wine of youth". Brooke glorifies death instead of saying what it simply is; this then shows his positive outlook on war.
Brooke also claims that the soldiers have also reclaimed their honour and are forgiven for all of the misdeeds that they had previously committed. This is shown with the quotes, "Honour has come back" and "Nobleness walks in our ways again".
Ashley Jones

| Posted on 2008-08-20 | by a guest

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i think he is sad about war and didnt want to join it and yes ^ hes corect he thinks dying is an escape from life

| Posted on 2008-03-24 | by a guest

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I think he has a negative outlook on life, as the lines ‘But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold, These laid the world away;’ this implaying that dying is an escape from life.

| Posted on 2008-02-19 | by a guest