Charge Of The Light Brigade

The poems “The Charge of the Light Brigade” and “Dulce ET Decorum EST” are war poems. They reflect on two different but equally harrowing events, however the poets portray these events using their own style and the and result is two entirely different views of war.

The Charge of the Light Brigade by Tennyson "The charge of the light brigade" by Tennyson was written about a

The themes of the two poems are portrayed in very distinctive ways. ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ explains in a majestic approach, that fighting in war is something every soldier should honour. The poem is

The soldiers who had attended the war were shown to have died brutally, like “cattle”, yet when reaching the home front, it is seen that they are laid to rest in a much more civil and dignified manner. The concept of this can be seen as an extended metaphor throughout the entire poem, with the battle front seen as a world filled with violence, fear and destruction, where as the home front is perceived as a place marked by order and ritual, a civilized world. The second sonnet opens with “What candles may be held to speed them all?”, invoking a more softer and compassionate tone towards the audience, more specifically through Owen’s use of a rhetorical question. It captures the readers’ attention, engaging them to feel empathetic and notice the shift of energy from anger and bitterness to a sadder and more somber tone. Owen’s use of descriptive language, as simple as it seems, such as ‘boys’ and ‘girls’ provokes the audience to view the horrors of the war as if they had been placed onto children, because in reality the ‘men; who had signed themselves into war to fight in glory for their country had really only just been boys themselves.

”with sorrowful quick fingers, heading south, heading east, home, home, home”, and “bringing them home now, too late, too early” are lines from the poem to signify that the soldiers have been returned home too early because the war has cost them their lives. The reader is left with a feeling of much sorrow at the thought of the many young lives lost at war. The simile “the noble jets are whining like hounds” indicates that the bodies are being returned to their homeland by plane. Dead bodies being flown home are one of the destructing characteristics of war. This also emotionally attaches the audience by explaining that the soldiers died defending their country and that throughout history soldiers have represented them not just in the Vietnam

In the second stanza the distinctive experience of power is present. The use of the technique of imagery and emotive words “to pluck them from the shallows and bury them in burrows’ tells us that the soldiers were strong, loyal and had enough power within a degree to assist fellow soldiers. The use of personification to create sound “sob and clubbing of the gunfire” This leads the audience to understand what the soldiers were up against without even directly saying it. The imagery visually shows the scene in their

The first poem we are going to look at is ‘The Charge of the Light

In this essay, I will be analyzing the two different poems “Dulce Et Decorum Est” and “The charge of the Light Brigade”. While reading and analyzing these poems I will be comparing and contrasting the difference between the two poems and also determining the poet’s literary devices to make the point of both authors.

Comparison of Dulce et Decorum Est and Charge of the Light Brigade Compare and contrast the two poems Dulce et Decorum Est (Owen) with Charge of the Light Brigade (Tennyson), paying particular attention to the writers’ attitude to war. The attitudes of poets towards war have always been expressed vigorously in their poetry, each poet either condoning or condemning war, and mitigating their attitudes in whatever way possible. I aim to explore the change in the portrayal of war before and during the twentieth century, and also the structures and devices poets use to convey their views persuasively, and justify them. For this job I have chosen to write about “Charge of the Light Brigade” written by the poet Alfred Lord

When the author says “Half a league, half a league” (Line 1) he is saying that they charged forward into the “valley of death” for about a mile and a half. As they rode forward their commander told them to keep moving forward and attack the gunners “Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns!” he said” (Line 5 & 6). As the poems goes on it says “Was there a man dismayed?/ Not though the soldier knew/ Someone had blundered.” (Lines 10-12). The author means to say that the soldiers realized that as they were charging forward their commander had made a mistake. “Then they rode back, but not/ Not the six hundred.” (Lines 37 & 38) After they broke through enemy lines the soldiers began to withdraw but they had suffered many casualties so they were “Not the six hundred” (Line 38). As they rode back they were hit with cannon fire from the back and on both sides. When the brigade retreated “Back from the mouth of hell.” (Line 47). Men and horses collapsed and few remained to make the journey back. The world stood in awe at the courage of he soldiers. All of the 600 men that fought in that battle still remain worthy of honor and tribute today.

Et Decorum Est’ by Wilfred Owen and ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

The Portrayal of War in Charge of the Light Brigade and Dulce et Decorum Est

The first stanza is addressed to ‘old men’ and how they should not simply slip away and die quietly, they should fight death until the end. Poetic techniques

causes the poem to flow, and thus lightens up the dark and serious issue of war. The lines "But ranged as infantry, And staring face to face, I shot at him as he at me, And killed him in his place." are easy to read; however, their meaning is extremely

Analysis of The Charge of the Light Brigade This particular poem deals with the unfortunate mistake of Battle of Balaclava in 1854. In an attempt to retrieve their stolen firearms, the British, lead by Lord Raglen, took their light cavalry to the innocent Turkish territory, rather than the guilty Russians. In self-defence Turkey protect themselves by attacking the British troops causing hundreds of deaths but "not, not the six hundred". Tennyson uses various techniques to involve the reader more personally.