The Voice of Rupert Brooke
| {Ow far did the famous war sonnets of Rupert Brooke reflect the thoughts and ideals of the young men of 1914? Or were they only the thoughts of Brooke himself? "Well, it’s hard to look back over 40 years and try to recapture the exact feelings of that time. But it seems to me that Brooke, in expressing what Ae felt, really did echo the thoughts of many of us. I feel he is a good representative of the generous im-| pulses of his age and generation." This is the opinion of the former Principal of Christchurch Boys’ High School, A. E. | Caddick, in a talk to be heard in Book | Shop on April 27, commemorating the | 40th anniversary of Brooke’s death. But, he adds, "One can’t help speculatingthough it’s idle to do so-if he would have retained his high ideal if he had lived to experience the actual fighting | on Gallipoli or in Flanders; or if he: would have followed the same road as | Siegfried Sassoon." ) Mr. Caddick illustrates his talk with | short quotations from the five sonnets, | sonnets which "will remain a beacon | light of high endeavour-of a love not | merely*of country but of the common) pleasures of life that seemed threatened ) and were worth fighting for."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 821, 22 April 1955, Page 21
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214The Voice of Rupert Brooke New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 821, 22 April 1955, Page 21
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