'Attitudes in Jesse Pope and Dulce Et Decorum Est\r'

'Comp be the poets position to state of struggle in ‘Dulce et Decorum est’ by Wilfred Owen and ‘Who’s for the support? ’ by Jesse pontiff In this analyse I will be canvas the poets attitudes to war in ‘Dulce et decorousness est’ by Wilfred Owen and ‘Who’s for the game? by Jesse pontiff. ‘Dulce et decorousness est’ is active the unglamorous verity of trench life, while ‘Who’s for the game? ’ is a propaganda meter published in the Daily harness encouraging recent work force to connect the army. some(prenominal) experience varied views and attitudes to war and there poems be quite divergent. Wilfred Owen’s poem is positive, whilst Jesse Pope’s is positive.Although both(prenominal) poems are some war they pay vastly different attitude to war. Pope’s ‘Who’s for the game? ’ encourages young workforce to join, promotes the positives an d pull ins those who gain’t join feel ilk outsiders. For good example the ‘who’ll grip and tackle the job un apprehensive? ’, which is implying that those who take e genuinely(prenominal)place’t join the war are afraid of the war. This is very in effect(p) beca handling they use emasculation to make a man feel handle slight of a man. Further more(prenominal) their family would feel embarrassed and pressured by former(a)s who have joined the army.Young men ,during that war, as well as survey that joining the army would be equal an incident and that they would have a blast. Many people alike underestimated the war and assumed that it would either be over by Christmas. On the early(a) fall(a) ‘Dulce et decorum est’ focuses on the negatives aspects like death, war and the harshness of it. In the very premiere line Owen writes ‘Bent double, like resists under sacks’ as soon as the contributor starts the poem they al subscribe toy know that Owen is strongly denying the pattern: ‘Dulce et Decorum est’- that it is sweet and honourable to die for your country.By apply that it sets the theme for the rest of the poem, which is about the untold accounting of trench life. While ‘Dulce et Decorum est’ is a poem about the reality of war, Pope’s ‘Who’s for the game? ’ is promoting the war and portrays it as a game. She uses give-and-take and phrases usually utilise in sports such as: ‘grip’; ‘tackle’; ‘Signal to Go! ’ and ‘ walk the line’. Using these talking to she makes the comparison mingled with war and game more good. On the other hand Owen’s ‘Dulce et Decdorum est’ is the hard reality of exit to fight for your country.Therefore he focuses on describing the soldiers’ vunerable and poor station as already seen ‘Bent double, like beggar under sacks ’. Instantly this sets the subject matter for the poem, by comparing soldiers, who are judgement to be of as strong and healthy, to beggars. This comparison is effective because beggars are musical theme of as weak, dirty and vunerable, which is what he is trying to bunk the reader to imagine. Although the Pope’s poem is about war she had never experience the war first hand, compared to Owen who was a soldier and had actually joined the army.Jesse Pope was a writer and journalist and her work was much described as being very patriotic as can be seen in ‘Who’s for the game? ’. Her attitude was that war was a game, and that young men should take part in the war. Pope was also part of the propaganda pro-war poets, who encouraged and pressured young men to join. Unlike today woman, during that time, were not allowed to join the army. The circumstance that a woman wrote this poem was also very significant, because men felt that they couldn’t refuse a woman and that their pride and honour was very important.Whereas Wilfred Owen was a soldier and had joined the army, been injured, but still came back. unhappily Owen, who was against the war, died in action one week onward the end of the war. The tone in the poem reflects the poets different attitudes. Owen’s ‘Dulce et Decorum est’ tone works betrayed, angry and upset. i line that reflects the perfidiousness is ‘The old lie: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori’. This line is also the title and the betrayal he feels towards the propaganda is clear, because his discusses the negatives of war throughout his poem and does not mention anything positive about the war.On the other hand Pope’s ‘Who’s for the game? ’ is more excited and upbeat and she uses speech like ‘ act along, lads’ to suggest it’s a game and that all are welcome to play. I look at both poems had alot of poetic techniques bo th use rhyme. Pope uses words that rhyme like ‘tight’ and ‘fight’, and Owen used word like ‘sludge’ and ‘ roll’ . I think both poets used rhyme (a sound device) so that the poem could be appreciated when read aloud. Especially words like ‘sludge’ and ‘trudge’ really exaggerate the soldiers movement and how hard it was for them to walk.Pope also uses a extended metaphor comparing war to a game throughout the poem. This comparison is very effective because she tempts the reader by saying have fun and join us or tick off and be part of the audience, which is made apparent when she writes ‘who wants a turn to himself in the show, and who wants a seat in the stand. She also uses repetition with the word ‘who’ll’ on the lineage of several lines and also uses collective personalized pronouns like ‘you’ll, your and you’ as if she is speaking directly to the reader. On the other hand Owen uses the corresponding technique (repetition) but for a different purpose.This can be seen when he writes ‘I saw him drowning… He plunges at me guttering, choking, drowning’. He repeats these words to emphasize the shock and harshness that someone is decease and he can’t do anything about it, and the soldiers death is still haunting him after all this time. Likewise he repeats the words feel ‘ gabardine eyes writhing in his face, his hanging face’ to really emphasize what he is seeing. Owen also uses personification, metaphors and similes in his poem. For instance ‘haunting flares’, ‘drunk with fatigue’ and ‘like hags’ to paint a picture of what the soldiers and their surroundings appearance like.This is effective because the reader can empathise with the soldiers well(p) from the description. Pope also uses personification by comparing the country to a woman she writes, ‘Y our country is up to her neck in a fight’. This use of personification is effective because men feel they adopt to protect woman and so they feel prudent for their country. Both poets use poetic techniques such as: personification; repetition and rhyme to express their different views and attitudes towards war. So whilst they may have used the same techniques they used it for different purpose.I think that their attitudes towards war are very different. Wilfred Owen’s ‘Dulce et Decorum est’ is what he thought and had personally experienced, while Jesse Pope’s ‘Who’s for the game? ’ was propaganda poem encouraging young men that the war was a game. Even though I don’t agree with Pope’s approach, I think it’s very effective and shows how her attitude towards war is very patriotic. I think Pope’s poem is very effective and I can understand why so many men felt they needed to join the army. They have dif ferent views and attitudes to war and express their personal views through their poems.\r\n'