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Compare and contrast Dulce et decorum est by Wilfred Owen and the charge of the light brigade Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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Compare and contrast Dulce et decorum est by Wilfred Owen and the charge of the light brigade Alfred, lord Tennyson "Dulce et Decorum Est" and "The Charge of the Light Brigade" are both war poems. Owens's poem is about his time in war whereas, Tennyson's is him publishing his views on the war, he writes about the battle of Balaclava in the Crimean war of 1854. In this battle an order is misinterpreted and a brigade ("The Light Brigade")of six hundred men were sent to their capture enemy guns in doing so almost all of them are killed. Owen writes about a group of soldiers being gassed. Owens's is totally different to Tennyson's because he shows his complete outrage at the saying Dulce et decorum est, pro patria mori-it is sweet and right to die for your country. With a total of six stanzas Tennyson's poem has a fast and repetitive...
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