What is the theme of Jessie Pope's 'Who's for the Game'?

Answer 1

She writes in a more conversational manner, which makes the poem more

memorable and persuasive to readers. She compares the war to a 'game',

implying that there is little danger on the battlefield. She also

refers to the war as a sport such as Rugby where a player's injuries

would only result with the player returning on crutches because that

is the most awful thing that could happen. Within the poem, Pope uses

many rhetorical questions.

She is opposing her poem to Wilfred Owen a war poet who wrote the poem Dulce et decorum est.

Answer 2

it is a poem persuading young men to join the war. it is written in a conversational manner so it is more memorable and persuasive to the readers. the whole poem plays heavily on the young mens guilt and promotes the so called glory of war. it has 9 syllables per line and 4 stanzas. it uses many rhetorical questions using "who" which shows anyone can join .

Answer 3

Jessie Pope wrote Who's for the Game? to basically encourage young men to volunteer themselves for the army during the First World War. She wrote this because she thought that by writing recruitment poems she would be doing her part for the war effort. She did this with the best intentions but soldiers greatly detested her for this, especially Wilfred Owen

Answer 4

Jessie Pope's 'Who's for the Game' is a jingoistic poem written before World War One. The theme is that in order to win glory, you had to go to war. The poem also implies that war is harmless and can be played like a sport.

Answer 5

Who's for The Game was first published in The Daily Mail in 1916.

Answer 6

1915 i think along with 'the call' in Jessie pope's war poems

Answer 7

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