tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post1490232412722579482..comments2023-08-08T11:48:10.725+01:00Comments on swisslet: ardent for some desperate glory...swisslethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708248700851998044noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-755734412528644582016-11-13T22:07:32.139+00:002016-11-13T22:07:32.139+00:00Funny, at school we had to learn the saccharine &#...Funny, at school we had to learn the saccharine 'The Old Vicarage, Granchester' by Brooke (1912) as well as "Dulce et Decorum Est', but not 'the Soldier', which not only would have made learning the poem by heart quicker, but also would have been a more valuable contradistinction. I'm sure we did have something to compare with DEDE, but clearly not interesting enough to remember. <br /><br />honeysucklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15653211159877094242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-34704389352156409392016-11-10T21:57:50.439+00:002016-11-10T21:57:50.439+00:00Rupert Brooke was a pupil at Rugby School, and whe...Rupert Brooke was a pupil at Rugby School, and when I sat the scholarship exam in 1987, my English teacher correctly guessed that this poem would be a part of the English exam.... I aced that exam and succeeded in winning a scholarship (it certainly wasn't for my maths, which was so bad that I was initially put into set 5 out of 6). This poem is a part of my own personal history, albeit I've never really liked it!swisslethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16708248700851998044noreply@blogger.com