The Differing Attitudes of War Poets Showed to World War One A few years into the war, there was a lack of recruitment and so people started to print recruitment poems. These were designed to help encourage men to sign up. These poems were successful and more people signed up to fight, thinking that war is like a game. ====================================================================== Towards the end of the war, poets such as Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon started to right poems about the reality of the war. I am going to compare one of Jessie Pope's recruitment poems with some of Owen and Sassoon's poems. The recruitment poems portrayed images that indicated that war was a fun game and that anyone that fought would make their families proud. Some poems make people feel guilty for not signing up and would make men ashamed if they did not join up to defend their country. Owen and Sassoon had a different approach to the images their poems had, as they were fighting in the war. They wrote about the truth of the war; the terrible trench conditions and death. Their poems were meant to shock people because they didn't know what war was actually like and make men realise what they were actually doing, signing up to fight. Jessie Pope's attitude to war was that all men should join up and fight for the country and if men didn't, they were cowards. Her poem, 'Who's for the game?' was wrote as if she knew about fighting in a war. She made everything sound like a game. She used a phrase that would make people want to sign up by saying, 'Who would much rather come back with a crotch Than lie low and be out of the fun?' This is what a lot of the poems were about, trying to guilt people into the war, but I think that I would rather be out of the fun than come back without a leg or any other injury. The poem has been written in a basic rhyming pattern, with alternate lines rhyming.
If I was a soldier at Valley Forge and i would have to ask myself would i have quit i would have to think of all the stuff I had just found out about at Valley Forge that only ¨ 15% of the camp died and the congressmen were helping with food and clothing and that the winter just kept getting worse as time went on I would have to think do I want to vomit half my time for freedom do i want to be cold everyday do i want to risk my life for freedom and my answer would be yes i would because if i were to survive it would be worth it to be apart of a great victory like
The final reason I would have abandoned Valley Forge was because of the lack of food and poor living quality. When the soldier arrived at Valley Forge, they didn’t have a lot of resources because not a lot of people were supporting them. Therefore, they were all given very little food so they could ration it all out and were forced to live in small huts, according to Document C. I would have rather go home to my family and live in at least moderate comfort than have to fight and live extremely poorly.
army to avenge the deaths of my family and to survive, but I've come to learn that if I am going
Tomorrow, When the War Began are thrown straight into the deep end, and have to make life or
are not free in service, you do what you are told and this is the same
In World War II their were a lot of battles. There were a lot of city’s bombed. How would you feel if you were in World War II ? I would be running from the Japanese and the Natiz . Also I would probably die or hide in a road gutter . The question is what would you do if you were in World War II ?
...risking your life on the battlefield. However, James is addiction to war has placed himself back into the field, dismantling more bombs.
How Wilfred Owen Uses Language and Imagery in His Poetry to Communicate his Attitudes of War
Imagine having to partake in a war. What would you do? What do you think will happen? In
As a poet, Wilfred Owens wants to show the effects of warfare from the viewpoint of a soldier during a War. Owens uses his own experience as a fighter to capture the reader’s attention and get across his point. He often uses graphic imagery and words to depict his thoughts about war. Wilfred Owens, poems, “Dulce et Decorum est” and “Anthem for doomed youth” talk blatantly about the effects of warfare on the soldiers, their loved ones, and those who make an ultimate sacrifice by making a statement about the efficacy of war.
The next line expresses the way in which he has no grave stone, just a
The writers of 'Joining the Colours' and 'The Send Off' both use poetry to express their feelings about soldiers leaving for war. Each have similar attitudes about the subject, but use different approaches to try and get their message across. Both question the popular concept of war, including ideas such as heroism and glory. Katherine Hinkson, the poet who wrote 'Joining the Colours', shows the scene from two different perspectives, that of the audience watching the soldiers and also her own point of view. Wilfred Owen simply shares his thoughts by describing the soldiers leaving from a station, although the effect is no less powerful. As Hinkson is a woman, she focuses more on a mother or wives point of view, whereas Owen gives more of the soldiers perspective.
World War I impacted poetry profoundly. Poets who served in the war were using poetry to share their horrific stories about the hardships they faced. These poets became known as “war poets.” They wrote about the traumatic, life changing experiences that haunted them once the war was over. Intense poems started emerging that portrayed the mental and physical struggles soldiers faced. Two examples of the impact that World War I had on poetry is seen in the poems “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen and “Repression of War Experience” by Siegfried Sassoon.
[Actually,] I had so many reasons for wanting to do this. The first was for money. The military was willing to train me, feed me, house me, and when I was back home give me cash for college, "up to" forty thousand dollars. At that time I thought that was an incredible deal. Where else in the world could I find an opportunity like this one? [Yet t]he price I would pay wouldn't be worth "up to" forty thousand. Another great reason for joining the Army was to get in shape. I had visions about this ultra lean and strong body I would get from running five miles a day. I was also looking forward to the overall experience of inner strength, confidence, and pride in my country. As much as I was excited about doing something different and brave, I was also full of fear.
If I were chosen I would follow with an open mind, with focus and with purpose. I would make sure to choose the right choice of action, all the while remembering those who will be affected by my decisions.