comparison and contrast of two poems: ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ and ‘Dulce et Decorum est’
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A comparison and contrast of two poems: 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' and 'Dulce et Decorum est' Arash Behrooz 5 May 2005 In 1798 a new era began in English poetry called the Romantic age. This age provoked the thinking of new radical ideas and thoughts and the writing of these ideas in poems. The poets included Samuel T Coleridge, Alfred Lord Tennyson and William Wordsworth. Some of their ideas and thoughts include: 1) Rebellion against tyrannical and despotic governments and leaders. These feelings were inspired by the recent French and American revolutions. 2) Strong sense of beauty in the natural world around them. Some romantic poets even took to worshipping nature! 3) Sympathy with poor, humble people. 4) Vivid imaginations. The Romantic poets often made fantastic new ethereal worlds. 5) Interest in ancient legends and traditions. 6) A sense of melancholy and loneliness. 7) They often expressed much vitality and emotion in their works. In...

