In this part of the essay I will be looking at two recruiting poems.
Harold Begbie's Fall in poem first was released in the Daily Chronical
on the 31st August 1914.
The Changing attitudes to world war 1
Harold Begbie's
In this part of the essay I will be looking at two recruiting poems.
Harold Begbie's 'Fall in' poem first was released in the 'Daily
Chronical' on the 31st August 1914. It was one of the most popular
poems of its time they even set it to music and sung it in music
halls; posters and badgers related to the poem were produced.
Fall In
In the first line of this poem the writer immediately starts with
emotional black mail he writes then if you don't fall in then you will
be looked down on by girls, children, mates and neighbors. I think he
portrays this the best here
"What will you lack, sonny, what will you lack
When the girls line up the street,
Shouting their love to the lads come back"
When the poem was written people thought that the whole point of life
was to grow up and get married and have a family. So these quotes were
very important in the recruiting poetry.
He also writes about how embarrassed you would be that you didn't go
and help your country win the war. He does this really well here
"Will you send a strangled cheer to the sky
And grin till your cheeks are red?"
Recruiting poems were very successful they could be sung with music.
They were very persuasive and many men did sign up to go to war. As
the war carried on and the injured started to come back the poems of
the reality of war started to appear.
Who's for the game
Jessie Pope had never been to the front line and didn't really know
what it was like to fight. I will start with 'Who's for the Game'. In
this poem Jessie Pope makes war out to be a game she shows this best
in this part of the poem "Who's for the game, the biggest game that's
played," also when this poem was written rugby was quite popular so
when she writes "Who'll grip and tackle the job unafraid?" it may have
made the people think that it was no worse then being in a rugby game.
Throughout the poem she uses a extended metaphor she always compares
war to something else and avoids writing about suffering and death.
Jessie Pope also makes out that if you don't join up then you will
have to sit back and watch the 'game' go past I think she shows this
...orical records were done by the government and therefore are aimed at encouraging more men to join and the remaining population to be supportive of the acts of war.
because they felt it was their duty to fight for their respective side. Most who fought, however,
These men would register with the Selective Service therefore they could be found easily in a time of need. The draft required these young men to sign up to serve their country involuntarily because it was to benefit the country, to make it easier
...ustralians died during the war, and many injured and unable to work. This discouraged many potential recruits from enlisting.
were to go on living or to bring another child into the world only to see him or
Clashing swords, miraculous survivals, pain of loss, and heroic sacrifice are all terrifying yet thrilling moments in a battle. The strong possibility of death and the frailty of human life add into the suspense of battle. Yet the reasons behind the wars, death, and suspense can be overlooked. The stories behind the warriors who have died will not be told again, but the stories of warriors still alive are what give the men strength to continue fighting against impossible odds. Ultimately, the reason of why a man would risk his life in battle is for someone, or something, he loves.
fighting in the war alongside the men these women did make an impact on the war.
The difficult association between the occurrence of war and storytelling is told through the eyes of Tim O’Brien; he explains that a true war story has a supreme adherence to offensiveness that provides a sense of pride and courage commonly found in storytelling. “The thing about a story is that you dream it as you tell it, hoping that others might then dream along with you, and in this way memory and im...
where every third line had to rhyme and the last two lines also had to
I am writing to you so share with you my reasons for not being conscripted to serve in the Vietnam War and why I don’t believe in conscription. I would like to explain my reasons for not wanting to be conscripted, I hope you take these reasons into serious consideration and understand why I am standing by my thoughts.
Conscription, also known as drafting, is a practice that requires mandatory enlisting into any of the branches of the armed forces. This practice has been adopted by the United States at the very least two times before and from what I can remember during World War II and the Civil War conscription was being practiced. Nowadays conscription is not practiced in the United States because there isn’t a need for it. Now, if you want to join the army you can do so by volunteering. However, there are people who believe conscription should be brought back. Some people believe that the drafting of younger people might help these young people develop useful skills and cultivate a sense of unity and national pride. Although all of these are valid reasons,
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.
The speech is poetry in itself, and if such a verse can be created in translation, what beauty could be found in the original text.
Also it is comparing the war to a game, which is a euphemism as well as a metaphor. It is a euphemism because war is a very serious, dangerous matter; whereas a game is something that people enjoy and never get seriously injured in. By using this euphemism, Jessie Pope - the poet – lessens the severity of war, and makes her readers’ think of it as enjoyable, and something that they want to do.
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