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To what extent does form influence attitude? Compare Tennyson's The Charge of the Light Brigade with Sassoon's Prelude: the Troops and examine how the poets' attitude to war is conveyed through their choice of poetic for...
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Remember to put the cursor on the asterisk to get the Examiner's advice. To what extent does form influence attitude? Compare Tennyson's 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' with Sassoon's 'Prelude: the Troops' and examine how the poets' attitude to war is conveyed through their choice of poetic form. The way a poet decides to use form when they are getting across their message is very important. These two poems are written very differently. Tennyson's poem has very strong rhythms and very strong rhymes that create a fluent effect. Sassoon's poem has longer lines but does not rhyme and comes across as being more serious. *[Ea1] The poets are writing in two different eras and this may account for the different ways in which they write and their different attitudes towards war. Tennyson is far more upbeat*[Ea2] in tone than Sassoon. Tennyson's 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' tells the story of...
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