The Soldier by Rupert Brooke: Read by Sophie Okonedo | Remembering World War 1 | More 4

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The Soldier by Rupert Brooke: Read by Sophie Okonedo | Remembering World War 1 | More 4


Remembering World War 1
Some of Britain’s finest actors read poetry from World War I
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/remembering-world-war-i/4od

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  1. Absolutely beautiful and heartfelt reading of a poem, also beautifully written, but one I've never quite liked the sentiment of. Not because of the English this or English that, he was an English man after all writing about what he saw as the virtue of his homeland within the backdrop of an international war. No, it's when you read poems by the likes of Wilfred Owen that you might find the "prescription" (so to speak) for this way of viewing war. If my memory serves me I think this was written at the beginning of the conflict. And even if it wasn't it doesn't really change the meaning or sentiment or the beautiful, though perhaps a bit naive, mindset. But I'm no mind reader. And while Wilfred Owen calls "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" the "old lie", which I would generally agree with, I sure as hell honor those who give there lives for said sentiment. Besides, I'm not the arbiter of the true meaning or inner workings and thoughts of the author so that kind of judgement ought to be given slight regard at best. Again, a beautiful poem that I've never heard read with such a perfect cadence. Lovely.

  2. Ce poème aurait dû être récité par Richard Burton, dommage qu'il n'existe point d'enregistrement. C'est un étrange choix d'interprète, on ne sent pas l'amour viscéral intrinsèquement lié à sa Terre d'Angleterre, c'est dérangeant de sentir la main mise du politiquement correct actuel alors que ce poème en est l'exact contraire. En France nous avons eu droit a l'humiliation d'une danse africaine en hommage à nos ancêtres morts dans les tranchées alors qu'il fallait une danse folklorique de toutes les régions !

  3. It is a wonderful sentiment, that a soldier, who gave everything and who now lays as dust on a foreign field, might still have a positive influence on those who walk above them. Thanks for the great reading.

  4. I am a veteran and I will be giving this reading next week. I looked this poem up for pointers on pacing. There are countless articulate currently serving white male officer infanteers who could have read this. You went with lefty lovey black male and female actors who don't much care for our country or it's armed forces. Shame on you Channel 4.