The Poem "The Soldier” is a very popular patriotic sonnet. It has been composed by the poet Rupert Brooke who was the most handsome man of England of that time.In this beautiful sonnet, Rupert Brooke describes the feelings of an English soldier, who is going to a foreign country to protect his motherland.
The Soldier wishes if I may martyr in a foreign country on the battlefield. I should be buried in England because I want to get into the soil from which I have been born and this would be the best luck for me.
This poem gives us a strong sense of patriotism.