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Compare Charge Of The Light Brigade And Dulce Et Decorum Est

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Poem one, which is called “Ducle Et Decorum Est” is written by Wilfred Owen. This poem is about a soldier who has vividly described his journey serving in World War I and all of the horrendous events that he recalls. The second poem is called “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” is written by Alfred Tennyson. Tennyson is writing about 600 soldiers riding into the battle of death, but he was not a soldier in World War I. Due to the authors’ lack of experience in dealing with warfare, we are going to contemplate a slather of different opinions and views on the topics when we compare the two poems. “Dulce Et Decorum Est” starts off with a lot of similes. “ Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through the sludge, till on the haunting flares we turned our backs”. We learn that they are not in the best physical state, and the longer they stay in the war zone the worse their health will become, as a result, we see the,m coughing so badly, limping around and clearly not happy about the situation. He’s clear that this is not an issue that is going to improve while he is enlisted. Owen is not optimistic is his tone whatsoever. One part that sticks out to make me recognize that this author is against war is when Owen states, “Till, on the haunting flares, we turned our backs and toward our distant rest began to trudge.” Nonetheless, this statement should make the readers realize that the soldiers did not want to be fighting

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