Jessie Pope

Jessie Pope was an English poet. Much of her poetry was concerned with World War I. Having spent the war years in Britain, she never experienced life in the trenches, a limiotation which is reflected in her poetry. Primarily a pro-war propagandist, she is often seen as trivialising the war through her use of simple rhyme schemes (similar to those in nursery rhymes) and allusions to sports, games and heroism.

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English - Poet - World War I - Britain - Trenches - Propagandist - Nursery rhymes

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Pope was widely published during the war as a result of her pro-war stance and motivational style. However, many soldiers writing poetry at the time found her work distasteful - Wilfred Owen's poem Dulce et Decorum Est was a direct response to her writing, originally entitled "To Jessie Pope".

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Wilfred Owen - Dulce et Decorum Est

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There is a small, relatively unknown movement which is critical of the current consensus regarding Pope's poetry. Some have suggested that Pope herself is trivialised, while the poetical prowess of less pro-war poets such as Owen and Siegfried Sassoon is overstated.

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