Dulce Et Decorum Est Comparison with Who's for the Game

In every American war combined, about 1.2 million soldiers have died fighting in battle. Many look past the effects and consequences that going to war can lead to and every soldier is assumed to be a hero. Others believe that killing anybody, whether they are innocent or on a battlefield, is in no way honorable. Writers who protest war use imagery, irony, and structure to explain the negative effects of battle.

Americans despise cowards. Americans play to win all of the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor will ever lose a war; Ffor the very idea of losing is hateful to an American(paragraph #).” This section of the speechquote exemplifies that Patton is using American appeals to conjure up motivation into the troops because so they can feel more encouraged and willing to fight and possibly die by the fact that all Americans are winners and hate to lose. All Americans are the best and real men who like to fight, Patton does this to make the troops want to win. He makes them feel like it’s in their identity and blood to win, he wants them to have the courage and perseverance to win. Also Patton later conjures the image of the comic book superman, He Man, to encourage all men to tap into their own super powers. on says “ Americans pride themselves on being He Men and they ARE He Men. He validates their own superiority by stating, “Remember that the enemy is just as frightened as you are, and probably more so. They are not supermen.” Patton says this to further explain that Americans are winners and they will win this war. Patton is trying to inspire these soldiers by also lowering their reputation of the enemy saying

One is to think of war as one of the most honorable and noble services that a man can attend to for his country, it is seen as one of the most heroic ways to die for the best cause. The idea of this is stripped down and made a complete mockery of throughout both of Wilfred Owen’s poems “Dulce Et Decorum Est” and “Anthem for Doomed Youth”. Through his use of quickly shifting tones, horrific descriptive and emotive language and paradoxical metaphors, Owen contradicts the use of war and amount of glamour given towards the idea of it.

            Whenever he looks into the eyes of an enemy soldier, he does not see a man, but sees death staring back at him.  He has no choice; the enemy cannot and will not coexist with him.  It

In the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen, it is very tragic and full of anti-war thoughts. In “Who’s for the Game?” by Jessie Pope, the author is pro-war because she talks about feeling the rush in war. The poems are very different from each other and both have a lot of good points. The mood and tone are very different and the author's ideas differ. They are both going to give you a different side on the war, weather you should or shouldn't go to war.

The two poems “Dulce et Decorum Est” and “Who’s Game” both talk about war. However, they talk about it in completely different ways. Between the two poems, different ideas are shared about war. But, they also compare in different ways as well.

In the first quote, Jessie Pope is referring to the war as a sport such as rugby where you would be doing something brave, because it is slightly dangerous. Also you would be playing for a team, so by trying hard and putting all of your effort into the game you would be helping your team to win. The second excerpt is acknowledging the fact that you may get injured, but not seriously, and people would admire you for getting injured for the good of

seems to base his poem on myth because overall he says that it is good

Pope regarded war as an enjoyable and exciting experience, and implied that “com[ing] back with a crutch” was more desirable than returning unscathed and “be[ing] out of the fun”. Pope encourages injury as evidence of soldiers’ bravery- as some sort of souvenir. Danger is described as a “game”- boldly comparing the terrors of war to a “show”, and encouraging the reader not to “take a seat in the stand”. On the contrary, Wilfred Owen, who served in the war and suffered from PTSD, wrote ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ in anguish and agony.

The popular view of war at the time is reflected in Jesse Pope’s poem ‘Who’s for the Game?’ The strong patriotic views favoured during World War 1 are portrayed in this poem. Jesse Pope was an admired propagandist. She wrote dynamic poems and stories to entrap people into the belief that signing up for the ‘Great’ War was an honour, and a ‘manly’ thing to do. In her well-received poem ‘Who’s for the Game?’ she uses rhetorical questions to make men question why

Wilfred Owen accomplishes a wide array of different objectives in his poem “De Dulce Decorum Est” through his word choice, tone, and vivid imagery. Using a destitute tone consistently throughout the first stanza, Owen creates a specific atmosphere. Giving objects life through extensive personification, and comparing them through many similes. Owen also gives us a clear depiction of how he saw war, being a soldier himself against the backdrop of WWI, Owen had a strong opposition to war and suffered himself from shell shock. A portion of his poem in the last stanza is a direct reference to Jessie Pope, a pro-war poet.

In this essay I will be comparing the two poems, ‘The Man He Killed’ by Thomas Hardy and ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ by Wilfred Owen. ‘The Man He Killed’ is about a man who was in the war and is thinking about his memories in the war. The main part of his experience in the war that he is reminiscing is the killing that he committed and the majority of the poem is focused on that. Thomas Hardy did not go to war himself but it could be thought that he got the idea from a friends experience in the war. The poem is based on the Boer War. The message of the poem is that he was most probably very similar to the man he killed, as in not really knowing what they’re fighting for and why they’re there. ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ is about someone who is

this, such as: "Cannon to the left of them, / Cannon to the right of

fairy tale or a happy tale of love but is a distressing poem about the

In conclusion, The Call and Dulce et Decorum Est are poems which talk about war. The poets Jessie Pope and Wilfred Owen are both expressing to young men why they should or not go to war. The poems are similar because they are expressing to young men about their thoughts on war from two different sides. Pope represent the side of people who feel that men who will go to war will make their country proud. Owen reflect the other half of men who actually been to war. These men know the true dangers of war and tell young men that going to war for glory is not a good thing. The poems also address the theme of war differently. Pope's belief on war is that by going to war for your country is honorable and you will received glory by your empire. Owen