Jessie Pope's War Poems


Lu par Alan Mapstone

Jessie Pope published these poems during the early months of the First World War. They were very popular at the time and the author received many letters of support and gratitude including some from men serving at the Front. The poems illustrate the patriotic and optimistic (and perhaps rather naive) view of the war which many people had at the time.

Later soldier poets like Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, who had personal experience of the conflict, painted a grimmer picture. Owen’s poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” was initially dedicated to Pope ("to a certain lady poetess") as a direct rebuttal of her view of the war.

(Summary by Alan Mapstone) (0 hr 49 min)

Chapitres

The K.A. Boys 1:28 Lu par Alan Mapstone
"No!" 1:38 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Play the Game 1:40 Lu par Alan Mapstone
A Royal Cracksman 1:45 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Lights Out! 1:40 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The Outpost 1:33 Lu par Alan Mapstone
To a Taube 1:32 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Ware Wire! 1:49 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The Nut 1:54 Lu par Alan Mapstone
De Wet 1:19 Lu par Alan Mapstone
An Over-lord 1:28 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Socks 1:27 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The Zeppelin Armada 2:16 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Comrades in Arm-lets 1:54 Lu par Alan Mapstone
A Cossack Charge 1:15 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The War Budget 1:23 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Captive Conquerors 2:01 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Captain von Muller 1:05 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The Two Goliaths 1:51 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The Blackest Lie 1:30 Lu par Alan Mapstone
A Sing-Song 1:45 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The Longest Odds 2:14 Lu par Alan Mapstone
A Dumb Appeal 2:19 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The Call 1:21 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Little and Good 1:48 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Marching to Germany 2:40 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The Silent Camp 1:30 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Loot 1:46 Lu par Alan Mapstone
"Bobs" 1:24 Lu par Alan Mapstone