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The Poems “Who’s for the Game” written by Jessie Pope and “Dulce Et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen were written during World War 1, both of these poems have different views on the War. Jessie Pope was born in 1870 and died in 1941 she was best known for her World War 1 poems but she was also accused of being a pro-war propagandist. “Who’s for the game” gave soldiers a false impression of what war was like and she represents it in a good way, while “Dulce Et Decorum Est” represents war as being bad and shows the grim experiences of war.  Wilfred Owen was also soldier in the western fought and lots of people thought of him as being the leading poet of the First World War. Wilfred Owen Also wrote “Disabled” which shows a soldiers life after war still showing the suffering and pain that war brings.

Jessie Pope’s “Who’s for the Game” was written in 1916 to persuade young men to sign up and go to war. The Poem does this by making war sound fun and like one big game which is shown in this quotation “Who’s for the game, the biggest that’s played, The red crashing game of a fight?” Jessie Pope presents the war here as if it’s nothing big and is just a fun fight. In this poem Jessie Pope uses direct speech to persuade the readers “…for the signal to Go!” this engages the reader and makes it seem like she is talking directly to you. Jessie Pope also uses repetition towards the end of the poem “Will you my laddie?” This is repeated 3 times so that it sticks in the readers mind so that while they read it they will answer it in their mind. The image created by the poem is that the soilders will see themselves as hero’s who powerful and are then worshipped. The tone of this poem is happy and jolly which is designed to make war seem important but fun.

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Wilfred Owen’s poem “Dulce Et Decorum Est” was written in 1917 to try and warn men about signing up to go to war and create an idea that war is painful and brings suffering. The poem shows this by using direct address such as “Gas! Gas! Quick boys!” this creates a dramatic atmosphere and places the reader into the soilders position, it is also an example of repetition which makes the reader remember the words easier. “If you could hear” this is telling the readers to be warned and Wilfred Owen has direct confidence in this example. The tone ...

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