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“Charge of the Light Brigade” written by Alfred Tennyson and “Dulce et Decorum est” written by Wilfred Owen.
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In the next two pages I have talked and described the two war poems that I am studying at them moment. The first one is "Charge of the Light Brigade" written by Alfred Tennyson. The second is "Dulce et Decorum est" written by Wilfred Owen. I have also written a little about the author. At the end I have done a conclusion on which I think was the best. Alfred Tennyson wrote 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' in 1854. He wrote it after reading an article by W. H. Russell in the Times Newspaper. W. H. Russell was famous for his reports in the Crimean War fought in Southern Russia. As you start to read you can recognize that the rhythm of the poem is that of a galloping horse. "Half a league, half a league." Tennyson refers to the valley as the "valley of death". The soldiers are just riding...
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