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GCSE Coursework English Literature - War Poetry During the First World War many poets published their poems to encourage people to enlist in the army. Special spaces were left in newspapers for recruiting poems, for writers such as Jessie Pope. However, there were also some individuals such as Wilfred Owen who were against the idea of glorifying war. In this coursework I have firstly decided to analyse two poems by the war poet Wilfred Owen, taken from his writings on the First World War. Both 'Dulce et Decorum est' and 'Disabled' show the true reality, horror and vivid imagery of war. Then I will analyse a very different poem 'Who's for the Game?' written by Jessie Pope, and finally contrast this with the poems by Owen. The First poem I am going to analyse is "Dulce et Decorum est" written by Wilfred Owen. Dulce et Decorum est Pro patri moria...

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