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Compare the presentation of war in the two poems 'Charge of the light Brigade' by Lord A Tennyson and 'Dolce Et Decorum Est' by Wilfred Owen.
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... 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' was written during the Crimean war in 1854 after Lord Alfred Tennyson (the Poet) had read a news report. 'Dulce et Decorum est' was written in 1916 during the First World War. The two poets allow us to relive the experience of war from two different periods in time. I aim to explore the change in the portrayal of war before and during the twentieth century, and also the structures and devices poets use to convey their views persuasively, and justify them. These two poems describe war, and scenes from war, with varying levels of intensity and reality and also from different viewpoints. Tennyson's 'Charge of the Light Brigade' was written during the Crimean war. It is about a military blunder, where six hundred men were sent to charge straight into gunfire. He did not witness any fighting. 'Dulce et Decorum est' was
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