Ka taƙaita labarin:  " A lokacin da na gan ka " na Lorna C. Beckett. (British Library £ 16.99) A lokacin wa'azin Ista na 1915, Dean na St Paul ya karanta waƙar Rupert Brooke's Soldier, wanda ya fara: "Idan na mutu, ka yi tunanin wannan kawai game da ni: / Cewa akwai wani kusurwa na filin waje / Wannan har abada Ingila ne. " Rubutun Rupert Brooke (hoton) Soja ya sa ya zama sananne a waje da sassan wallafe-wallafe. Kafin wannan lokacin, an san Brooke ne kawai a cikin adabin adabi. Amma lokacin da jaridu suka sake buga Sojan a rana mai zuwa, ya zama sananne sosai har tsawon rayuwarsa <unk> wanda, kamar yadda ya fito, ya wuce fiye da makonni biyu. Mutuwar Brooke yana da shekaru 27 daga guba na jini a kan hanyar zuwa Gallipoli ya tabbatar da hotonsa a matsayin ɗan jarida na sadaukar da kai. Duk da haka, kamar yadda The Second I Saw You ya tabbatar, ya fi ban sha'awa fiye da haka. Ba a san labarin soyayya da yake ba da labari ba har zuwa 2000, lokacin da wani mai kula da Laburaren Burtaniya ya yi wani abu mai ban sha'awa: fiye da wasiƙu 100 da aka yi musayar tsakanin Brooke da ɗalibin zane-zane mai suna Phyllis Gardner, tare da bayanan sirri na dangantakar su, wanda aka rubuta a 1918. Yanzu Lorna C. Beckett, shugaban Rupert Brooke Society, ya mai da su labari ne bisa tsari, ya ƙara bayanin da muke bukata, da kuma nasa sharhin. Hakika, a wasu lokatai, waɗannan kalaman suna kama ne da kalaman da aka saba yi a gida (ciki har da yadda Brooke ba ta son ta yi aure, da kuma yadda Phyllis take son ta ci gaba da rayuwarta). Amma kuma haka labarin da kansa yake. Phyllis mai shekaru 21 da haihuwa ya fara ganin Brooke a jirgin kasa na London zuwa Cambridge a watan Nuwamba 1911. Kamar kowa da ya taɓa ganinsa, kamar dai, kyansa ya burge ta kuma ta yi tafiya tana zana shi da kirjin da take da shi. Sannan ya ɗauki zanen a kusa da Cambridge, yana nuna shi ga duk wanda zai iya gane shi. Abin farin ciki, su biyun sun koma cikin irin wannan yanayi, tare da Brooke yana karatu a Kwalejin King's da mahaifin Phyllis farfesa ne na ilimin kimiyyar kayan tarihi. A ƙarshe, bayan ta gano shi, sai ta sa iyayenta su gayyace shi cin abincin rana inda, a cewarta...
Rubutun Rupert Brooke na Soja ya sanya shi sananne a duk Ingila. Ya mutu yana da shekaru 27 daga cutar jini yayin da yake kan hanyar zuwa Gallipoli. A shekara ta 2000, an gano wasikun soyayya tsakanin Brookes da Phyllis Gardner. A lokacin ne, shekaru 85 bayan mutuwarsa, aka bayyana soyayyarsu.