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Explain how love and death are the main themes of the poem“The Soldier” by Rupurt Brooke?

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So, The Soldier (not a soldier, but The soldier by excellence, the perfect soldier) express his wishes and feelings in the case he ``should die``. This perfect soldier, that embodies all the qualities of what a soldier should mean( patriotism, nationalism, love for all the things that represent his beloved England), tells us his last wish in a decisive moment of his life ( the probability of death in times of war). His thoughts, in this particular moment that sometimes has the power to define us and our whole existence, go to the ``sight`` of England, to the kindness of England`s people. All he wants is to be buried in England`s soil and to spent his afterlife in this country that he loves so much that he is gladly willing to sacrifice his life for.
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