Compare and Contrast the Charge of the Light Brigade and Dulce Et Decorum Est

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.

This quote links to the point of brutality on many lives and indicates the innocence of the soldiers. When analysing the poem it is made aware that Owen presents the reader with details of what people felt and heard. The words ‘dropping softly behind’ suggest that the soldiers had heard the gas-shells so much that they had become used to it. It also points to the fact that their trenches were based so far, that they were distant from all the shelling. Also Owen says ‘innocent tongues’ as the soldiers did not deserve this. This links back to the fact that everyone should know the truth about war, if everyone knew then nobody would make the mistake of going there and dying in such a horrific state.

We have been studying the war poems Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen and Charge Of The Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Dulce Et Decorum Est was written during the First World War from 1914 to 1918 whilst Charge Of The Light Brigade was composed in the 19th century, and describes a battle that took place during the Crimean War.

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

This image is definitely not the glamorous picture of glory that, say army recruitment presents; worse, the soldiers are doing worse than civilians. As soon as the next stanza “[m]en marched asleep. Many had lost their boots” (5). They have lost their usual awareness and move mechanically; that doesn’t sound appealing! It gets worse: “[b]ut limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind” (6). So now they’re limping, apparently wounded, covered in blood, and can’t even see? It worsens further, “[d]runk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots/ Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind” (7-8). The soldiers are so exhausted it incapacitates them, and they can no longer hear the bullets being fired. This poem sounds like a distorted nightmare, except the speaker is living it, and even reliving the torment of the soldier’s death while he is unconscious. Owen’s wording expresses that the soldiers are merely men, deteriorating and inconceivably overwhelmed the opposite of positive war poetry containing glory and honor.

“Dulce et Decorum Est” is a poem written by English soldier and a poet, Wilfred Owen. He has not only written this poem, but many more. Such as “Insensibility”, “Anthem for Doomed Youth”, “Futility”, “Exposure”, and “Strange Meeting” are all his war poems. (Poets.org) His poetry shows the horror of the war and uncovers the hidden truths of the past century. Among with his other poems “Dulce et Decorum Est” is one of the best known and popular WWI poem. This poem is very shocking as well as thought provoking showing the true experience of a soldiers in trenches during war. He proves the theme suffering by sharing soldiers’ physical pain and psychological trauma in the battlefield. To him that was more than just fighting for owns country. In this poem, Owen uses logos, ethos, and pathos to proves that war was nothing more than hell.

Firstly, Wilfred Owen wrote a poem named Dulce et Decorum. Wilfred Owen was born in 1893 in Owestry, Shropshire and he died in 1918. Dulce et Decorum was written in 1917. Wilfred Owen enlisted for the war in 1915 and trained in England until the end of 1916. In 1917 he was posted to France to fight where he was often in the trenches. Wilfred Owen suffered shell shock and was sent to Craig Lockhart hospital near Edinburgh. This is where he wrote many of his poems about war after having

Wilfred Owen writes poems truly from his own experience in the first world war. In one of his poems, The Send Off, he expresses the after effect of war on the soldiers. It is an ironic poem about how the soldiers were sent off to the battlefront during world war one. Owen convoys us that soldiers are being sent to their doom. He reveals a deep sense of anger at the fate that will befall the soldiers being sent off to fight. He starts of saying how the bewildered soldiers ‘sang their way down the siding shed’ through the darkening lanes with their faces ‘grimly gay’. The soldiers don’t realise

War is a subject that often stirs upon many emotions with those directly or indirectly involved. It may bring tears, memories of suffering and loneliness, struggles, or victories. Such disturbance of peace has wounded and killed many souls. It is on the battlefield we see the most hideous side of human nature, for every soldier's only objective on the battlefield is to survive and win. Many people have opposing views about wars which may have been developed over time based on many factors such as family upbringing, culture, political views, or personal experiences. In the two poems studied, Wilfred Owen's "Dulce et Decorum est" and Alfred, Lord Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade", war has been described with completely opposing

<br>Wilfred Owen is a tired soldier on the front line during World War I. In the first stanza of Dulce Et Decorum Est he describes the men and the condition they are in and through his language shows that the soldiers deplore the conditions. Owen then moves on to tell us how even in their weak human state the soldiers march on, until the enemy fire gas shells at them. This sudden situation causes the soldiers to hurriedly put their gas masks on, but one soldier did not put it on in time. Owen

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The Soldier by Rupert Brooke, and Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen are two poems which were written during the First World War, and both being written about this conflict, they share the same theme of war poetry. However, the two poems deal very differently with the subject of war, resulting in two very different pieces of writing.

In majority of Owen’s poem, he demonstrates the true image of war and the impact it has on the soldiers rather than masking it with the lies of pride

From the first stanza itself, it is evident that Owen was writing to uproot the false indications of war being “sweet” and “noble” that had been implanted into the heads of millions due to the effective wide spread of propaganda. By using images such as “drunk with fatigue” and “All went lame; all blind”, he aims to portray war as an epidemic that not only dehumanises the unfortunate souls who were caught in its path, but as something that strips them from their dignity and freedom as well. The first two lines of this poem “Bent double...old beggars...sacks...Knock-kneed,coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge” shows that war seems to have reduced these men into nothing but “beggars and hags” leaving them with no choice but to “curse”

Later on in Stanza two, it reads ‘for killed, until he whined, “O sir, my eyes – I’m blind – I’m blind, I’m blind!” ’ He sobs and acts child-like which again goes against the stereotype of what the perfect soldier is suppose to be like this linking to the beginning of the stanza this could also show the last of his dignity leaving him as he remains fearful of what could happen to him. In the last part of the stanza Wilfred Owen tell us the readers on how ‘I forgot him there’ this shows that you need to be selfless and that you can’t do anything but move on in order to protect the other sentries he have to leave the injured behind. In the last stanza Wilfred Owen reflects on what happened during those events how his emotions towards those such as arm chair patriots. When Wilfred Owen says the phrase ‘I try not to remember these things now’ it is suggested to us that the memories of the pain and agony from the soldier wounded would be and has been unforgettable and he as well as other members such as the surviving sentries that witnessed the event will have to be haunted by their decision during the