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Having Studied War Poetry From The 19th And 20th Centuries, Discuss The Various View Of War As Expressed Be Some Famous Poets.
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Having Studied War Poetry From The 19th And 20th Centuries, Discuss The Various View Of War As Expressed Be Some Famous Poets. The attitudes of poets towards war have always been expressed vigorously in their poetry, each poet either condoning or condemning war, and justifying their attitudes in whatever way possible. These two poems describe war, and scenes of war from different viewpoints. Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade was written during the Crimean War. It is about a military blunder where 600 men were sent directly into gunfire. Lord Tennyson at the time of the Crimean War was in England and did not witness any fighting. "Dulce et Decorum est" however was written during the First World War, by Wilfred Owen. Owen was a soldier and writes from first hand experience, this makes his poetry more reliable and realistic. Owen spent months in disgusting conditions in the trenches near...
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