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‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson and The Dead Beat’ by Wilfred Owen
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Lianne Evans Comparing Poems 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Alfred Lord Tennyson and The Dead Beat' by Wilfred Owen The poems 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Alfred Lord Tennyson and 'The Dead Beat' by Wilfred Owen are both about war. However, the two contrast in many ways. By looking at the attitudes of the poets, their use of rhyme and rhythm, their use of language and the form and layout of the poems, this can be shown. Tennyson's attitude towards war and the soldiers that fight for their country is made quite clear in his poem, as is Wilfred Owen's. Tennyson creates an impression that battle is fast and exciting yet dangerous whereas Owen's poem has a slower feel to it and battle seems far less 'action-packed'. Tennyson is constantly reminding the reader of how dangerous the battle was for the soldiers by using repetition. The line 'valley of Death'...
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