Dulce Et Decorum Est Comparison with Who's for the Game
Comparing and Contrasting Poetry
The poems I have chosen to compare in this essay are Wilfred Owen's “Dulce Et Decorum Est” and Jessie Pope's “Who's For The Game?”. The two poems I have chosen to compare are both about the first world war. Yet the two poems have very different opinions on the Great War. My first poem, Dulce et decorum, is against the war and the injustice of it all. It is narrated by one of the soldiers who is fighting in the Great War and having to face the horrors of war. On the contrary my second poem, Who's for the game, is a recruitment poem.
My first poem is set out in several blocks, it makes the poem resemble more to an essay. The lines tend to be long. However the poet adds some short sentences such as:
“gas! GAS! Quick boys!”
Owen adds these short sentences to capture our attention. The layout of this poem creates a more serious atmosphere. On the contrary my second poem is set out in short blocks unlike Owen's poem. Pope uses short sentences throughout her poem, for example:
“Who'll give his country a hand”
The poet uses these short sentences to make the poem more noticeable. This layout Pope uses creates a more pleasant atmosphere.
The Rhyming scheme of Owen's poem is ABAB CDCD,,, this rhyming scheme that the poet uses helps us not to forget the images Owen delivers to us . The pace of the poem is slow and we can see how important it is for the poem to be read slowly in the following quote:
“The blood come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,”
In this quote we get a lot of description, in a sentence like this you need to read the poem carefully because Owen wants us to think about every word he has written so we can truly imagine the horrible scene he is describing. Similarly Pope's poem uses the same rhyming scheme however it has a different effect on the poem, as shown in the following quote:
“For there’s only one course to pursue, Your country is up to her neck in a fight, And she’s looking and calling for you.”
The poems I have chosen to compare in this essay are Wilfred Owen's “Dulce Et Decorum Est” and Jessie Pope's “Who's For The Game?”. The two poems I have chosen to compare are both about the first world war. Yet the two poems have very different opinions on the Great War. My first poem, Dulce et decorum, is against the war and the injustice of it all. It is narrated by one of the soldiers who is fighting in the Great War and having to face the horrors of war. On the contrary my second poem, Who's for the game, is a recruitment poem.
My first poem is set out in several blocks, it makes the poem resemble more to an essay. The lines tend to be long. However the poet adds some short sentences such as:
“gas! GAS! Quick boys!”
Owen adds these short sentences to capture our attention. The layout of this poem creates a more serious atmosphere. On the contrary my second poem is set out in short blocks unlike Owen's poem. Pope uses short sentences throughout her poem, for example:
“Who'll give his country a hand”
The poet uses these short sentences to make the poem more noticeable. This layout Pope uses creates a more pleasant atmosphere.
The Rhyming scheme of Owen's poem is ABAB CDCD,,, this rhyming scheme that the poet uses helps us not to forget the images Owen delivers to us . The pace of the poem is slow and we can see how important it is for the poem to be read slowly in the following quote:
“The blood come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,”
In this quote we get a lot of description, in a sentence like this you need to read the poem carefully because Owen wants us to think about every word he has written so we can truly imagine the horrible scene he is describing. Similarly Pope's poem uses the same rhyming scheme however it has a different effect on the poem, as shown in the following quote:
“For there’s only one course to pursue, Your country is up to her neck in a fight, And she’s looking and calling for you.”