Jessie Pope's War Poems


Gelesen von 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)

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