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Dolce et decorum est  

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"Dolce et decorum est." and "who's for the game?" Wilfred Owen and Jessie Pope were very popular poets during the WW1. In Jesse Popes poem "who's for the game", her aim was to recruit men and boys to the war whereas Wilfred Owens poem about how he suffered a gas attack and was injured, he also writes about how the men suffered. In popes poem "who's for the game ", she uses an extended metaphor. The metaphor she uses suggests that the war is a game. She describes the war as many types of sports such as football, boxing, racing and also hunting. I think that she uses this because most men are into sports and so they will think that the war is like a sport and go to war, so she uses it to grab their attention. The mood of her poem is very upbeat and lively, this is because she...

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