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From the War Poetry that you have studied, show how different poets see war, in all its horror and all its glory.
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From the War Poetry that you have studied, show how different poets see war, in all its horror and all its glory. A Comparison of 'Dulce et Decorum Est' by Wilfred Owen (20th Century poet) and 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Alfred Lord Tennyson (19th Century poet). Although both 'Dulce et Decorum Est' and 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' are about battle and the death of soldiers, they portray the experience of war in different ways. Tennyson's poem celebrates the glory of war, despite the fact that, because of an error of judgement,'Someone had blundered', six hundred soldiers were sent to their death. Owen's poem, on the other hand, might almost have been written as a challenge to Tennyson's inspiring and patriotic sentiments. He presents the horror of senseless death in the trenches and shows us how the famous line 'it is sweet and fitting to die for your country', is...
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