Compare attitudes to war in 'Charge of the light brigade' by Alfred Lord Tennyson and 'Conquerors' by Henry Treece.

... 'Charge of the light brigade' is a poem written by Alfred Lord Tennyson. The queen appointed him Poet Laureate and so therefore this poem is very patriotic and describes the soldiers as heroes and doesn't go into detail about how they died and doesn't use gruesome details because he's trying to keep the moral up. 'Conquerors' though is the opposite. It is a poem written by Henry Treece who was actually in the war and he recollects when he came back from fighting and came across a small abandoned village where he illustrates the destruction of war and how it affects innocent people. Therefore this poem highlights the negative impacts and is propaganda against the war. 'Charge of the light brigade' is about the Crimean war in southern Russia and it outlines both the heroism and obedience of the troops but also the stupidity of war. He wrote this

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