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Compare and contrast the two poem 'Dulce et Decorum est' and 'The charge of the Light Brigade.'
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Compare and contrast the two poem 'Dulce et Decorum est' and 'The charge of the Light Brigade.' Both 'Dulce et Decorum Est' and 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' are poems about war. The poems are written in different periods of history. 'Dulce et Decorum Est' is written by Wilfred Owen and is written about the First World War, Tennyson writes the 'Charge of the Light Brigade' about a particular engagement in the Crimean war in 1854. In 'Dulce et Decorum Est,' Owen is personally involved in the poem, he is an eyewitness. The poem reflects on his personal anger about war and also his anger about the ignorance of people at home. He believes that you do not know what war is actually like unless you go through it. 'If you could hear,' the 'if' emphasises you cannot imagine what Owen went through unless you were there. Owen...
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