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World War One Poetry.

Explore the impact of World War One on poetry through analysis of Jessie Pope's 'Who's for the Game?' Understand how context influences poetry, the power of propaganda, and the persuasion techniques used in war poetry.

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World War One Poetry.

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  1. World War One Poetry. L/O: Learning to understand the importance of context to poetry

  2. Some information • 1914-1918 • Fought between Germany and England/France/ Belgium and other Allied countries. • Mainly fought in Trenches. • British war dead: • About 880,000 men from the United Kingdom, plus a further 200,000 from other countries in the British Empire and Commonwealth. German dead: approximately 1,808,000

  3. Some of the dead.

  4. The men were convinced to fight through effective propaganda. How are these effective?

  5. Now read the poem ‘Who’s for the game’ (Jessie Pope) • Who’s for the game, the biggest that’s played, The red crashing game of a fight? Who’ll grip and tackle the job unafraid? And who thinks he’d rather sit tight? Who’ll toe the line for the signal to ‘Go!’? Who’ll give his country a hand? Who wants a turn to himself in the show? And who wants a seat in the stand? Who knows it won’t be a picnic – not much- Yet eagerly shoulders a gun? Who would much rather come back with a crutch Than lie low and be out of the fun? Come along, lads – But you’ll come on all right – 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.

  6. Who’s for the game? • In pairs decide how this poem persuades people to join up: • Do you think that it successfully achieves its purpose? How? • Who is this poem targeting? • What does it compare war to and how? • Which techniques can you find?

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