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Explore the attitude to war demonstrated in ''The Charge of the Light Brigade'' By Alfred Lord Tennyson and ''Dulce et Decorum Est'' by Wilfred Owen.
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Explore the attitude to war demonstrated in ''The Charge of the Light Brigade'' By Alfred Lord Tennyson and ''Dulce et Decorum Est'' by Wilfred Owen 'Dulce et Decorum Est' and 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' are about battle and soldiers; they portray the experience of war in different ways. Both poems employ visual imagery of battle and the effects on the people. 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' is more about the actions of the whole brigade whereas, 'Dulce et Decorum Est' is focused on the effects of war on individuals. In his poem, Wilfred Owen describes the men as individuals, rather than as 'the army' or 'they'. He describes them as lonely: 'Old beggars under sacks' is used to show just how different they are from what we would expect. The impression of isolation is most obvious in the gas attack where one man is left helpless to the...
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