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Comparision of 'Suicide In the Trenches' and 'Charge of the Light Brigade'.
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COMPARISION OF 'SUICIDE IN THE TRENCHES' AND 'CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE'. Tennyson and Sassoon both had different approaches to war. By studying their poems we discovered that Tennyson had never experienced war and was a normal poet. This maybe the reason why he had different views on war, and what actually happened during a war battle. Sassoon was an official war poet who had experienced war and had seen people die, and this obviously had a long-term effect upon him. Both of the poems, 'Suicide in the Trenches' and 'Charge of The Light Brigade depict death throughout their poems. Tennyson refers to death as honourable and noble, though Sassoon refers to war as suicidal using 'Suicide as it's main theme. Sassoon takes a slower approach to his poem building it up slowly to launch greater effect, and to show his hatred to the general public's views on war. This is most...
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