World+War+I+Poetry

= World War I Poetry =



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 Jessie Pope (18 March 1868 - 14 December 1941) was an English poet, writer and journalist, who remains best known for her patriotic motivational poems published during World War I. Pope's war poetry was originally published in //The Daily Mail// and focused on encouraging recruitment. Pope’s anthologies were widely published during the war: //Jessie Pope's War Poems// (1915), //More War Poems// (1915) and //Simple Rhymes for Stirring Times// (1916).  Wilfred Owen (18 March 1893 – 4 November 1918) was a British poet and soldier in the first world war, and one of the leading poets of the First World War. His shocking, realistic war poetry on the horrors of trenches and gas warfare was heavily influenced by his friend Siegfried Sassoon and sat in stark contrast to the public perception of war at the time. Some of his best-known works—most of which were published posthumously—include "Dulce et Decorum Est", "Insensibility", "Anthem for Doomed Youth", "Futility" and "Strange Meeting". He was killed in action at the Battle of the Sambre a week before the war ended.
 * __Jessie Pope __**
 * Read some of Jessie Pope's poems, " Who's for the Game " and " The Call "
 * __Wilfred Owen __**
 * Read some poems by Wilfred Owen and poems by Siegfried Sassoon

__Links to society__
This article deals with the traumatic effects on soldiers who are involved in wars - the same sorts of issues Wilfred Owen was writing about in 1917.

__Writing an essay__
Learn how to write a poetry essay and then have a go at writing one yourself. Some example questions you could use: 1. Describe an idea you thought was worth learning about in each text. Explain why it was worth learning about. 2. Describe a striking or original use of language in each text. Explain how the author's use of language helped you understand an important message. 3. Describe a change in each text. Explain how the change helped you understand an important idea.