“Dulce et decorum est” and “Who’s for the game?” In comparing the two war poems by Jessie Pope and Wilfred Owen I have analysed the ways they have presented war. The poems have very different opinions on the Great War, “Dulce et decorum est “is against the war and the injustice of it all whereas “Who’s for the game”, is a recruitment poem. At the time Jessie wrote ‘Who’s for the game’ she couldn’t do any research on the war, due to the media and propaganda, also with being a women with no experience in the war it was hard for her to know the harsh reality. ‘Who’s for the game’ was written with the intent of trying to enlist more men for the war as Pope believed that all men should stand up and fight for their country. However ‘Dulce et decorum est’ has a different view on war, it was written in response to ‘Who’s for the game’ and it was written to show Jessie Pope and the rest of the public that war isn’t at all glorious and it’s not patriotic to fight for their country, both poems have used metaphors and pronouns to portray these ideas.
The third poem is ‘The Soldier’; Brooke uses the message of England being the soldiers’ mother and the personification of England itself to raise pride and morality for the young men signing up for the army. Tone’s such as pride, enthusiasm and passion makes the poem convey an idealised view of war. It makes the readers want to be part of the war and fight for their ‘mother’ England. In ‘Peace’, Brooke uses language to give the impression of an
The poet is saying that people should not talk about war as enthusiastically as it gives the impression that war is glorious. Furthermore, he says that the idea that ’it is sweet and right’ to die for your country is entirely untrue. Through this, we are able to form the opinion that war is not okay because it is a serious thing that carries many negative consequences. In Wilfred Owen’s poem Dolce et Decorum est, the use of similes conveys the harsh reality of war on soldiers as it changes them dramatically and kills the majority of them. In the first two lines of the poem, Owen uses the similes “Bent double like old beggars under sacks, knocked kneed, coughing like hags” to paint a grim picture in readers minds of how the soldiers were.
Jennifer Thron Comp 1 Week 8 3/19/13 Compare and contrast the attitudes to war as reflected in for the fallen and the sendoff. 'For the fallen' and 'The Send-off' are poems written demonstrating attitudes towards war. Whilst banyan conveys an idealized, romantic picture of war that depicts the soldiers as heroic and courageous, Owens attitudes towards war are more pessimistic in nature. Owen uses appearance versus reality to show the corruption and misery of war. Banyan and Owen convey their attitudes through the language, structure and poetic devices they employ The attitudes to war in 'for the fallen' are patriotic and romanticized.
How poetry of World War 1 reveals the varying attitudes to war that existed at the time from the two war poems Margaret Peterson’s “A Mothers Dedication” and Siegfried Sassoon’s “Counter Attack. A Mothers’ Dedication displays the patriotism during the time whereas Counter Attack depicts the reality of war and the horrors faced by the soldiers such as Sassoon in the war. These two poems display the binary attitudes that people had to war at the time. “A Mother’s Dedication”, by Margaret Peterson reflects the strongly nationalistic, propaganda driven views that mobilized Britain in response to the war. The ballad in itself has a unique attitude that one is destined to fight in the war, revealed in the metaphor of birth, in “your birth has brought you” and the militaristic “I fought to give you birth.” A military attitude is furthered through the idea of determination and patriotism; in words such as “uphold” “lead” “shield” and “fight” which highlight the attitudes of heroism and “honour” that existed within British propaganda.
Wilfred Owen was an active soldier during WWI, who used his horrific experiences during the war to write his poems. His poems stemmed from his views on war, as he believed that although war was sometimes necessary, it was futile and evil. Two of his poems, ‘Exposure’ and ‘Disabled’ both reveal the price paid by soldiers during WWI. ‘Exposure’ examines the more psychological effects on the soldiers and is written from the view of the soldiers on the front line, ‘Disabled’ shows the aftermath and repercussion of fighting in WWI and the physical damage it caused. The first word in ‘Exposure’ is ‘our’ and is written in first person plural, showing the reader that Owen wanted to convey the plight of the universal soldier and how they all suffered the same fate, no matter their side.
The Nature and Purpose of World War II Propaganda Posters Abstract Prior to and during World War II, the United States government engaged in an extensive poster propaganda campaign to inspire Americans about a wide range of issues relating to the war. These posters were designed to make an emotional appeal to U.S. citizens to participate in the war effort. The Nature and Purpose of World War II Propaganda Posters With so many still feeling the effects of the great depression, and dealing with the aftermath of World War I, the preponderance of the United States did not support participation in World War II. Most citizens thought that getting involved in a costly war was not the best decision for America; that our resources should be spent rebuilding the country, not fighting another conflict. The United States government recognized that sooner or later America would be involved in the war, so for this reason, the government launched a massive poster propaganda campaign to convince the American public of the immediate danger presented by the Axis powers (Germany, Japan, and Italy).
Pope thinks that war was good and it was Ok to die during it but Owen strongly disagreed with that. Sassoon uses the title Attack to describe what the poem is about. The poem is about the attack on no-man’s land so he just simply decides not to confuse he reader with what he is talking about. Although in the poem he confuses the reader in a way that they don’t understand the horrors of the war. Owen portrays the horrors of the war by focusing on one person and aspect within the war, the gas attacks.
Who'll earn the Empire's thanks-Will you, my laddie? Who'll swell the victor's ranks-Will you, my laddie? When that procession comes,Banners and rolling drums- Who'll stand and bite his thumbs- Will you, my laddie? In modern times Pope's usage of rhetorical questions is admonished as pressuring young men to join the army and go off to war. Whilst this is undoubtedly the case the vast amounts of hatred and blame placed on Pope, in particular by Wilfred Owen and other prominent third stage poets, is misplaced.
The fact that the poem is written in a sonnet form also reinforces the message of patriotism because a sonnet represents a love poem and The Soldier is about a love of your country again like The Volunteer. Peace is typical to The Volunteer too. Again it’s a patriotic poem; the line “God be thanked who has matched us with His honour” shows this as it means that god has