Jessie Pope Poetry

Jessie Pope was an English poet and journalist. Her best-known poems were motivational in nature and often tapped into patriotic themes. Many of her pieces are labeled as war poems. Her poems were published in Paper Pellets and The Cat Scouts. The latter is a book of children’s verses.

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Who’s for the Game?

Pope’s ‘Who’s for the Game’ portrays World War I as a thrilling challenge of bravery for one’s nation, urging young men to join the cause.

Jessie Pope’s poem ‘Who’s for the Game?’ is easily the most recognized and talked-about work she ever wrote. It became famous for its direct tone and how strongly it encouraged young men to join the war. Although she wrote other poems and articles, this is the one that people continue to discuss, mostly because of how it was later criticized by poets like Wilfred Owen who opposed her positive view of the war.

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?

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