Jessie Pope was a journalist who wrote recruitment poems for the Daily Mail during the First World War. The poems she did write were positive propaganda poems for the war; her objective was to stimulate patriotism in the readers so that the men would join the forces. Pope wrote a persuasive poem where she compared war to a game. This is illustrated in the title 'Who's for the game?' It shows that her attitude toward war was that it was a great big event that everyone should take part in one way or another. The title is a short and punchy question inviting anyone to answer. This gives the wrong impression of the war, it is misleading. Pope was ridiculed for doing this, but if she did write the …show more content…
This is compared to a game like rugby, which was a popular sport amongst men at this time, whilst meaning who will rise to this duty with no fear, again appealing to masculine instinct and encouraging men to recruit. The final line: 'And who thinks he'd rather sit tight?' In other words she is asking who would rather be a coward and not do anything - the purpose of this line is to evoke quilt within the men so when it comes to making the decision the questions will linger in their minds. The 'quilt trip' was not uncommon at this time and was a useful strategy of putting them in awkward positions felling embarrassed if they do choose not to fight but stay at home taking the easy route. This corresponds with poetry such as 'For the Fallen' by Laurence Binyon.
The second verse talks of patriotism, 'who'll give his country a hand' in fighting against the enemy. This was known as xenophobic or jingoistic poetry - a very popular form of poetry at the time as posters such as the Kitchener appeal and other poets were alongside this. This is again is in reference to the cowardice of those who do not join in comparison with those willing to give their lives to their country. The cowards are the man with a 'seat in the stand' that are compared with the men 'who want a turn to himself in the show'. The reference to war
The tone in these lines are often humorous and at the same time genuinely loving. In short, the tone of this poem is as complex as the subject with which it so memorably
a.) ANSWER: The emotional responses that the artist seeks to arouse in their intended audience are pride and lust. The reason I think that is because every young man wants to defend a woman in some point in their life. They want to be the woman’s night and shining armor; the young men want to save their ladies.
Explain how particular features of at least two of Wilfred Owen's poems set for study interact to affect your response to them.
so well.” “They came back from the mouth of hell, all that was left of
The Universal Soldier is less of a man or human and more so the idea of every soldier combined as well as the perspective war personified. Throughout the song, the Universal Soldier is referred to as “him” and the songs depict what he is and what he does. The lines 1 and 4 are both representative of the height and age parameters for soldiers in 1961, which supports the idea that he represents all soldiers in war. The lines 22-24 depict him as the armies both Hitler and Caesar have; without both of their armies, they could not have accomplished what they did.
John Cornwell argues in his book Hitler’s Pope: the Secret History of Pius XII that the Pope helped legitimize the Nazi regime and that he did not speak out against or try to stop the Holocaust. Cornwell made the claim that Pius was anti-Semitic and did not care about European Jews; all he really desired was more centralized power for the Papacy.8
This stanzas opening “Now I’ve found a quilt I’d like to die under” is a small change in tone but it is not minor in scope. The slight change from a calm nostalgia to more exited nostalgia is very important resulting in a change of diction. The narrator begins to describe the quilt with phrases that contain allusions to her past like “the yellowbrown of Mama’s cheeks”. The change of tones impetus fuels these allusions which attribute to the complex meaning of the century quilt that family is the blanket of life which keeps one safe through the darkness(night). The immense amount of illusions continue on into the third stanza strengthening the complex meaning. Whilst being the longest paragraph the third paragraph is also a hive of hidden meanings with allusions to the future and of what’s to come of the quilt. The most essential part of this paragraph is the use of the word “dreams” and
During his Papacy, Pope John XXIII published several encyclicals promoting world peace(Pacem in Terris) and increasing the consciousness of one’s dignity and rights of workers, women and newly independent nations (Mater et Magisterum). Pacem in Terris was addressed to the whole world and received warmly by Christians and non-Christians alike. It altered thinking about the Cold War and initiated the resurgence of Catholic social teaching.
In the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen, it is very tragic and full of anti-war thoughts. In “Who’s for the Game?” by Jessie Pope, the author is pro-war because she talks about feeling the rush in war. The poems are very different from each other and both have a lot of good points. The mood and tone are very different and the author's ideas differ. They are both going to give you a different side on the war, weather you should or shouldn't go to war.
The poem’s diction reflects the context and a confident, assertive tone. The speaker expresses a high level of self-respect and assurance. It includes
This sentence makes the war seem less violent, gruesome and horrible than it actually is. This sentence might also remind the readers of a school sport, and maybe they would have got a couple of injuries every now and then however nobody really cared and in a month or so you probably be perfectly healthy. One of the most effective sentences Pope has used in this poem is:
One similarity between the two poems is that they both have titles which express positive feelings about war. However, the titles are both used in different ways; 'Who's for the game?' is an extended metaphor, as it is repeated again during the poem, ‘Who’s for the game, the biggest that’s played…’
Pope as "my friend" and tells her that of she had seen what he saw;
Whether by going to a soccer game, or even reading a wife’s poems, because everyone wants the support of their loved ones, especially while pursuing their dreams. This is a poem that cannot be taken at face value. Lockward took traditional poetic elements such as rhyme, sound, and stanzas and put a unique spin on them. Her use of rhyme doesn’t follow the “traditional” guidelines and that is very refreshing. The rhymes she uses do not leap out when read, this poem but must be carefully consider and studied, which is fantastic.
limited, she still allowed for it to happen. During the first war the protestant leaders