Discuss how poets tried to persuade young men into conscripting for the First World War, with reference to 'The Call', Who's F
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Have a little read: ... Discuss how poets tried to persuade young men into conscripting for the First World War, with reference to 'The Call', Who's For The Game' and 'Vitai Lampada'. During the First World War, conscription was reintroduced in order to tackle the obstacles faced in the first ever global war, involving millions of people. So, for the government to entice men into volunteering to sign up, they printed a number of poems in national newspapers, written by contemporaries such as Jessie Pope and Harold Begbie, to try and increase the numbers joining the army. I am going to analyse the methods used by these poets who attempted to make the country worth fighting for. 'Who's For the Game' by Jessie Pope is a four-verse poem with a simple rhyme structure of juxtaposing rhyming couplets, as this was intended for a less educated audience, unlike 'Vitai Lampada'. The title immediately assumes a
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