How is conflict presented in “Bayonet Charge” and another poem?
Introduction
Conflict often has harmful effects, including causing death and destruction, so it is usually viewed negatively. However, conflict can also bring out positive traits in people, and the people involved in it may be respected. “Bayonet Charge” imagines a soldier’s experience in battle. “The Charge of The Light Brigade” recounts the story of the charge made by the Light Brigade in the Battle of Balaclava.
Language
One way conflicted is presented in “Bayonet Charge” is through the use of language. The language used, portrays the soldier and his actions/movements. Ted Hughes uses sibilance to portray the soldier’s actions as well as feelings. For example,
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In the poem Charge of the Light Brigade Alfred Lord Tennyson utilizes repetition, personification, and diction to present how it is to be in battle and how it can impact people. In this poem Tennyson explains how the Battle of Balaclava
The pace of the poem can be dictate how the poem is read and changes
In this Essay I will show how the Tennyson and Armitage present conflict in two very different ways. Both of them talk about one of the most tragic events in the history in two different time eras. Tennyson represents conflict by telling a story on the other hand Armitage questions the reader into making them feel guilty about the event. Both poems use two different methods to create the voice of the poem to make the reader feel a certain way. Tennyson narrates the poem from a third person perspective to tell the reader the horrific journey of the troops rather then make the reader feel melancholy about this event.
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
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The men in the poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” was foolish and here’s why.
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