Comparing The Charge of the Light Brigade and Dulce ET Decorum EST

Imagine going to fight in a war where the odds of winning are close to none. Now imagine charging forward where the enemy is attacking from three sides. This was the reality for a certain British Brigade during the Crimean War in 1854. In his 1854 poem, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Alfred Lord Tennyson describes the Battle of Balaclava where the British march into their untimely death. Tennyson ends the poem with a significant few lines that read, “Honor the charge they made/Honor the light Brigade/Noble six hundred.” (Lines 53-55). By looking at the last sentences Tennyson writes in his poem, one is able to realize the significance of the Charge of the Light Brigade, and how those lines add to the glorification of war and honor theme seen throughout the poem.

There are numerous amounts of similarities between the two poems ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ and ‘The Soldier’. Throughout ‘The Soldier’ Brooke revels the fact that fighting in war for the sole purpose of defending ones country is courageous, he supports this act by writing “And think, this heart, all evil shed

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Tennyson, not being present during the Crimean war is a very significant point as it changes the perspective of his poem and makes it seem as though Owen's poem is informing us with believable facts. Therefore, ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ seems more powerful of the two because it appears more truthful to real life and what war is really like.

War is a scandalous topic where peoples’ views differ as to what war is. Some people see it as pure evil and wicked while others think that it is brave and noble of what soldiers do. Looking at poems which had been written by people affected by war help show the messages which are portrayed. The two sets of poems which show different views of war as well as some similarities are “the Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred Lord Tennyson, “To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars” by Richard Lovelace and “Dulce Et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen, “The Song of the Mud” by Mary Borden. Both these poets use linguistic devices to convince the reader of their view of what the war is. Tennyson and Lovelace show how war is worthy

A third way in which the poets present ideas of patriotism in their poems is through the different references of the legacy that the soldiers carry. This is presented by Tennyson through his last stanza, which states ‘When can their glory

Both poems give a different impression of war. Wilfred Owen writes about the pity of war and his responsibility to warn other generations of the horror and propaganda of it, whereas Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem is about the honour, courage and glory of fighting in a war.

Both of these poets wrote well known poetry about war. Despite "Charge of the Light Brigade" by Lord Alfred Tennyson and "Dulce et Decorum Est'" by Wilfred Owen were written in different centuries, they deal with the subject of war and describe the ups and downs of it. On one hand, Alfred Tennyson heard of the charge made by the light brigade and it was when he wrote his poem with no experience of the event. However, Wilfred Owen actually fought in the First World War, and wrote, unlike Lord Tennyson, from his own experience.

In the essay I am going to compare and contrast the way in which different attitudes to war are presented in the poems ‘Dulce et Decorum est’. And ‘Vitai Lampada’. Both poem are a bout war but they are wrote in completely different ways.

The Charge of the Light Brigade and Dulce et Decorum Est Alfred Tennyson and Wilfred Owen present different ideas about War in their poems, ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ and ‘Dulce et Decorum Est.’ Write about these poems and their effect on you. The first poem, ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ by Alfred Tennyson was based on a newspaper article he read in the Times Newspaper on November 14th, 1854. The article was about the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War.

Wilfred Owen’s “Dulce Et Decorum Est,” written in 1918 during WWI, and Alfred Tennyson’s “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” written in 1854 during the Battle of Balaclava both analyze the effects of war through their elements and tone words. However, the meanings of the poems differ immensely. In “Dulce Et Decorum Est” the writer portrays a soldier being scarred for life as a result of viewing a fellow comrade being choked to death on poison gas. In contrast, the author of “The Charge of the Light Brigade” instead chooses to admire the bravery and courage of the Light Brigade, even though they knew they might not return from battle.

A Comparison of Wilfred Owen’s “Dulce et Decorum est” to Alfred Tennyson’s “Charge of the Light Brigade”

Both poems have a similar narrative style. They each tell a story. The poem "The Charge Of The Light Brigade" is part of the story about a historical battle. The battle of Balaclava 1854 was part of the Crimean War. The Allies made up of Great Britain, France, and Ottoman Empire were fighting against the Russian Empire. One of the Allies goals during the war was to take over the Russian naval base called

Some of the themes from the poems are similar, such as the obvious war and death, but the main theme and message is different. ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ focuses more at patriotism and how war actually affects soldiers. ‘The Man He Killed’ looks past politics and the rules that we should hate our enemies, and shows them from a human perspective. Thomas Hardy’s poem which suggests that even though they’re fighting for the opposing country, they are still the same in some sense, can be backed up by the example of when in 1914 the English and German soldiers put down their guns and played football together. Hardy’s poem is a statement that people who actually fight in wars should not be fighting. As, in fact, if they were to meet in different circumstances they would have been friends. This is shown in the poem when it says ‘you’d shoot a fellow down... if you met where any bar is, you’d help to half a crown.’ This quote is saying how strange it is that you would kill a man, who in any other circumstances, you would probably get along with.

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