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Comparing Jesse Pope’s ‘Who’s for the game’ and Wilfred Owen’s ‘Disabled’ and ‘Anthem for doomed youth’
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Comparing Jesse Pope's 'Who's for the game' and Wilfred Owen's 'Disabled' and 'Anthem for doomed youth' Jesse Pope was a female poet during the war. Being a woman, she never went to the front line. Pope would write jingoistic poems for propaganda that would encourage men to join the army and go to war. She would use wrong reasons for going to war. One of her most well known poems was 'Who's for the game'. She referred to the army and war as a game, "the biggest that's played." Jesse would say that war was a once in a life time opportunity. She also made references to sport, " "who'll grip and tackle," (rugby). "Who'd rather come back with a crutch." When she says this, she means that after fighting you may break a leg or even loose a leg, but this will be your badge of courage, it will make you...
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