Editing Rupert Brooke (section)

== Legacy ==

=== Literary influences ===
In the afterword of his ''Collected Poems'' (1919), [[Lord Alfred Douglas]] wrote: "... never before in the history of English literature has poetry sunk so low. When a nation ... can seriously lash itself into enthusiasm over the puerile crudities (when they are nothing worse) of a Rupert Brooke, it simply means that poetry is despised and dishonoured and that sane criticism is dead or moribund."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Douglas |first1=Alfred Bruce |url=https://archive.org/details/collectedpoemsof00doug/page/116/mode/2up |title=The Collected Poems of Lord Alfred Douglas |date=1919 |publisher=Martin Secker |location=London |page=117}}</ref>

American adventurer [[Richard Halliburton]] made preparations for writing a biography of Brooke but died before he could.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Prince |first1=Cathryn |title=American Daredevil: The Extraordinary Life of Richard Halliburton, the Worlds First Celebrity Travel Writer |publisher=Chicago University |year=2016 |isbn=9781613731598}}</ref> Halliburton's notes were used by Arthur Springer to write ''Red Wine of Youth: A Biography of Rupert Brooke'' (1921).<ref>[http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/halliburton.html#1b Richard Halliburton Papers: Correspondence] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050415130327/http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/halliburton.html|date=15 April 2005}}, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library. Accessed online 2 January 2008.  Gerry Max, ''Horizon Chasers'', p. 12 et passim. Also Jonathan Root, ''Halliburton--The Magnificent Myth'', p. 70 et passim</ref> Brooke was an inspiration to Canadian fighter pilot [[John Gillespie Magee Jr.]], known for his poems "Sonnet to Rupert Brooke" (1938) and "[[High Flight]]" (1941). Brooke also appears as a minor character in [[A. S. Byatt]]'s novel ''[[The Children's Book]]'' (2009).

=== Musical influences ===
[[Frederick Septimus Kelly]] wrote his "Elegy, In Memoriam Rupert Brooke for harp and strings" after attending Brooke's death and funeral. He also took Brooke's notebooks containing important late poems for safekeeping and later returned them to England.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kelly |first=Frederick Septimus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ErX1-eHqmVUC |title=Race Against Time: The Diaries of F. S. Kelly |date=2004 |publisher=National Library Australia |isbn=978-0-642-10740-4 |language=en}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=July 2024}} Brooke's poems have been set to music by groups and individuals including [[Charles Ives]], [[Marjo Tal]] and [[Fleetwood Mac]].

=== Quotes ===
Brooke's poems are quoted in [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]'s debut novel ''[[This Side of Paradise]]'' (1920),<ref>[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/805/805-h/805-h.htm This Side of Paradise www.gutenberg.org] from Brooke's poem [https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poems/tiare-tahiti Tiare Tahiti] final line.</ref> [[Queen Elizabeth II|Princess Elizabeth]]'s Act of Dedication speech (1947),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elizabeth II |date=21 April 1947 |title=A speech by the Queen on her 21st Birthday, 1947 |website= The Royal Family|url=https://www.royal.uk/21st-birthday-speech-21-april-1947}}</ref> TV series including ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' episode "Springtime" (1974) and the second episode of ''[[SAS: Rogue Heroes]]'' (2022), as well as in films including ''[[Making Love]]'' (1982).