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How do these pre twentieth century poets demonstrate different aspects of war and convey in their work their attitudes to war?
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How do these pre twentieth century poets demonstrate different aspects of war and convey in their work their attitudes to war? War poetry from 1798 to 1865 was very important in informing and retelling information as there was little or no media coverage of the wars. However some of the poems have a biased point of view. An example of this is in 'The Charge of The Light Brigade' where Alfred Tennyson, as Poet Laureate, was obliged to glorify war. On the other hand four of the five poems I have analysed show the poets true opinion which is anti war ('The Drum', 'The Battle of Blenheim', 'What the Bullet Sang', 'Come up from the Fields Father'). Napoleon was leading France into battles all over Europe, large wars with organised armies led to large death tolls and journalists were beginning to report from the frontline. The nineteenth century was a time of...
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