Jessie Pope: War Poetry Symbols, Allegory and Motifs

Jessie Pope: War Poetry Symbols, Allegory and Motifs

Bridge and Battery (“No!”)

The bridge and battery are figurative of the munitions that are used in combating during battles. The ‘bridge and battery’ create a prevailing imagery of sophisticated war ships and firearms in a battle scene.

Cage (“War Girls”)

The girls in “War Girls” are “no longer caged” as they can do the jobs that were by tradition for the boys who have gone to contest in war. The exit of the boys uncages the girls and sanctions them to seal in the gaps left by the boys.

The girls in “War Girls”

The girls denote female supremacy/perseverance. They carry out duties, such as ‘clipping tickets’, ‘speeding lifts’, carrying ‘milk-round in the rain’, and calling “for orders at your door”, enthusiastically. The vitality they portray approves that females can be as potent as males.

The game in (“Who’s for the Game”)

The game is a motif for war. The war is likened to a game for the reason that winning is not certain. The game is on behalf of the target audience’s country so it is not an individual’s mission. A soldier who signs up for the war is analogous to a participant in a competitive game.

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