Who's For The Game Poem By Jessie Pope

During World War 1, the soldiers were willing to participate in the war, however, when they eventually attended it, the majority of them wished to leave the war. In other words, the opinion among the people who did not engage in the war and the people who engaged in the war can be entirely different. This essay will compare and contrast “Who’s for the Game?”, a poem that was written by Jessie Pope, who did not participate in the war, with “Dulce et Decorum Est”, a poem by Wilfred Owen, a soldier of the war.

During 1916, Jessie Pope published a poem, “Who’s for the Game?” This poem introduces the war as enjoyable and unserious. This is clearly highlighted in “Than lie low and be out of the fun?”. In this quotation, Pope is rhetorically questioning …show more content…
A clear example of this is “The red crashing game of a fight?”. In this instance, the poet is comparing the war to an ordinary sports contest about fighting competed in a stadium, which is for enjoyment, not violent, as well as not causing people to be injured. Moreover, in the poem, Pope also regards people who do not get involved in the war to the audiences that sit in “a seat in the stand”, who do not compete in the competition. The poet may create this comparison in order to cause the reader, mainly the readers who enjoy the sport, to consider the war as lively and non-dangerous as a sports competition, therefore, they attend …show more content…
Nonetheless, both of the poems have an intention of persuading the readers. Therefore, they both include persuasive techniques. All things considered, in order to persuade the readers, “Who’s for the Game?” probably introduce incorrect information, whereas “Dulce et Decorum Est” informs the readers fairly precise information, with a small number of