Rupert BrookeRupert Brooke, one of the lea

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Rupert Brooke

Rupert Brooke, one of the leading poets of his generation, was

renowned as a romantic, unlike many of his contemporaries who　　　　　　　 1. ______

specialized in writing about the pointless of war.　　　　　　　　　　　　　2. ______

He was born in 1887, the son of a House Master at Rugby,

where Rupert attended both the preparatory and main schools. When

he went up to Cambridge in 1906 as a classics scholar, he fared badly　　　 3. ______

in his examinations as his interests laid in literature and theater.　　　　4. ______

During his time at Cambridge, his wit and good looks ensured his

place as a member of the elite circle of intellectuals study there.　　　　 5. ______

After university he went to study German in Munich, falling in

love with a sculptress there and working feverishly to begin his first　　　6. ______

volume of poetry, which produced a profit within a few weeks of its

publication in 1911.

With his early success, Brooke often felt unsettled as he　　　　　　　　　 7. ______

struggled to come to term with the underlying contradictions in his　　　　 8. ______

character. Many times his free spirits and bohemianism conflicted　　　　　 9. ______

directly with the innate Puritanism he inherited from his mother.　　　　　 10. ______

Because of these he would sometimes distance himself from his

fellows and adopt an irrational suspicious attitude towards them.

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