Jessie Pope's War Poems: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Jessie Pope's War Poems, credited to Jessie Pope, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Jessie Pope's War Poems by Jessie Pope. Read in English by 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)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Jessie Pope's War Poems
• Author credits: Jessie Pope
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 29
• Listed recording duration: 49:15

Catalogue topics

• poetry

Opening tracks: first 24 of 29

1. 01 - The K.A. Boys — 1:28
2. 02 - "No!" — 1:38
3. 03 - Play the Game — 1:40
4. 04 - A Royal Cracksman — 1:45
5. 05 - Lights Out! — 1:40
6. 06 - The Outpost — 1:33
7. 07 - To a Taube — 1:32
8. 08 - Ware Wire! — 1:49
9. 09 - The Nut — 1:54
10. 10 - De Wet — 1:19
11. 11 - An Over-lord — 1:28
12. 12 - Socks — 1:27
13. 13 - The Zeppelin Armada — 2:16
14. 14 - Comrades in Arm-lets — 1:54
15. 15 - A Cossack Charge — 1:15
16. 16 - The War Budget — 1:23
17. 17 - Captive Conquerors — 2:01
18. 18 - Captain von Muller — 1:05
19. 19 - The Two Goliaths — 1:51
20. 20 - The Blackest Lie — 1:30
21. 21 - A Sing-Song — 1:45
22. 22 - The Longest Odds — 2:14
23. 23 - A Dumb Appeal — 2:19
24. 24 - The Call — 1:21

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