The Soldier by Rupert Brooke About the Poet: Rupert Brooke , (born Aug. 3, 1887, Rugby , Warwickshire, Eng.—died April 23, 1915, Skyros , Greece), English poet, a wellborn, gifted, handsome youth whose early death in World War I contributed to his idealized image in the interwar period. His best-known work is the sonnet sequence 1914 . BORN August 3, 1887 Rugby , England DIED April 23, 1915 (aged 27) Skyros , Greece At school at Rugby, where his father was a master, Brooke distinguished himself as a cricke...