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The poem I am writing about are '' The Charge Of The Light Brigade'' by Tennyson and'' Dulce ET Decorum Est.'' by Wilfred Owen.  

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The charge of the light brigade VS Dulce ET Decorum Est The poem I am writing about are '' The Charge Of The Light Brigade'' by Tennyson and'' Dulce ET Decorum Est.'' by Wilfred Owen. The charge of light brigade was written to honour soldiers in a battle in the Crimean war in the nineteenth century. 'Dulce ET Decorum Est.' was written in the 1914-1918 war to show the public the brutality and the irony of going to war. In the charge of the light brigade; the poem is visual and effective. Tennyson does not describe the scene, nor does he describe the bloodshed and gore of the battlefield. Although the poem was written before television was discovered it portrays the battle as it would have been shown on film. Tennyson has imagined himself there as an observer and he wanted us as a reader to go through the same sympathetic journey and enjoy the...

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