• Comparing Dulce et decorum est and the charge of the light Brigade

     

    Essays2 Literature

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Published: 29.05.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
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Extract

Although both 'Dulce et Decorum Est´ and 'The Charge of the Light Brigade´ are about battle and the of soldiers, they portray the experience of war in different ways.
Tennyson´s poem celebrates the glory of war, despite the fact that, because of an error of judgement ('Someone had blundered´), six hundred soldiers were sent to their .
Owen´s poem, on the other hand, might almost have been written as a challenge to Tennyson´s rousing and jingoistic sentiments. He presents the horror of senseless…

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