Author: Vladimir Illyich Lenin, Russian revolutionary and politician.

Context: He played a central role as a leader of Russian revolution because he had a great ability to bring people together. He also learned  the idea of socialism developed by Karl Marx and established his theory. It was called Marxism-Leninism.  Because of physical damages caused by an attempted assassination, he passed away.

Language: He uses a standard level of English.

Audiences: social democrats, and members of revolutionary groups

Intentions: There are mainly three kinds of intentions.

1. To state significant elements that social revolutionary group should have for a success.

2. To clarify the differences between the group of employees and revolutionaries.

3. To inform his own theory in the action of social revolution.

Messages:

1. The group of employees and revolutionaries is very different. Employers take their action voluntary, while revolutionaries conduct revolution as a natural action.

2. The group of employees does not get accustomed to large-scale movements, while revolutionaries are well versed in revolutionary movements.

3. It is useful for revolutionary groups to keep professional revolutionaries because they help the coordination within members.

4. Group members of revolutionary movements have to learn a faith belief in advance because it can lead them to the success of actions.

Author: Rupert Brooke (1837-1887) was an highly talented and educated English poet. He went to King’s College, University of Cambridge, on scholarship. 

Context: War Sonnets was written in 1914, a year when political and economic turmoils reached the highest point. Germany and Italy was demanding for redistribution of the colonials outside of Europe, and France and Britain felt endangered with the rise of Germany and Italy.

Language: Since they are a collection of poems, the language used is rhymed and has emotional impact.

Audience: Rupert is writing to the Britain public and army.

Intention: By illustrating what soldiers will be fighting for, which are the greater good and longer period of peace, Rupert evokes a sense of pride in fighting for one’s own country, so as to justify the war.

Message: Through the poems, Rupert suggests that death is what makes people “rarer than gold.” Dying for one’s own country is something to take pride in, and the nationalism spirit provoked Britain’s intention to go to war.

A. Rupert Brooke was a well educated English poet know for his idealistic war sonnets. He was well educated and raised in a fairly well off family. He joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and died at age 27.

C. This was written in 1914 at the very beginning of WWI when nationalism and tension between countries was high.

L. The language was patriotic, passionate, and romantic.

A. The audience was the British people, especially those who who might potentially fight in the war.

I. The intent was to inspire England to fight in the oncoming war.

M. Brooke split his poem into five sections: Peace said that war would give Britain something to do–a common cause to rally around the flag. Safety portrayed the paradoxical safety in going to war. Perhaps he meant that soldiers feel safe with their fellow soldiers or simply because they have a purpose in war. Both of The Dead stanzas say that soldiers could have the gift of dying for Britain by taking up arms. Finally, The Soldier talked of how dying for Britain would repay the land that raised the soldier.

Author – Rupert Brooke was an English poet who was famous for writing during WWI. He had a very brief experience with war, he was part of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and his sonnets reflect that, conveying general sentiments of purpose and romantic death.

Context – Written in 1914 at the very start of WWI, when there were very enthusiastic and patriotic sentiments about the war and people had not yet become disenchanted with it.

Language – Very passionate and intense language that reflects great English patriotism.

Audience – Other British soldiers and the British population in general.

Intent – His intent was to glorify England and the honor of fighting for one’s country.

Message – Through the sonnets, Brooke tried to express the hopeful idealism and enthusiasm that Britain and its population had at the start of the war. In Peace, Brooke conveys that this new war is welcome because it is a way to bring purpose to a generation who’s lives seemed meaningless. Safety speaks of the feeling of more security that soldiers have now that they have found a purpose in war. The Dead conveys Brooke’s sentiment that dying for Britain is an honor – “dying has made us rarer gifts than gold”. In The Soldier Brooke once again writes of the relief and honor he would feel if he died fighting for his country and that he would feel at piece becoming part of her after death.