How does The Charge of the Light Brigade and Exposure show the writers’ opinions on war?
The Charge of the Light Brigade (written by Alfred Lord Tennyson) was set in the Crimean war and the battle of Balaclava. Exposure however was set in the middle of World War 1, the poet Wilfred Owen was a soldier on the frontline during this war. Unfortunately, Wilfred Owen passed away exactly one week before ‘D’ day. This difference in contexts leads the poets’ to portray war in different ways. Tennyson heavily glorifies war: ’honour the charge they made’ this may have been a subjective view towards war as Tennyson had not visited Crimea or been on the battlefield and took inspiration from an article in The Times. This leads the modern reader to question Tennyson’s knowledge of what happened and immediately …show more content…
This gives the reader the impression that the soldiers are enjoying their time as a soldier despite their lives being on the line this gives the poem a propaganda feel. This juxtaposes the gloomy and boredom ridden tone of Owen’s poem: ‘our brains ache’ this symbolises the difference in the poets’ opinions. This could show the reader that soldier life is not as it seems on the propaganda posters and gives the reader the idea that war is not always the solution and should be avoided wherever possible. Vivid metaphors in both poems illustrate to the reader the opinion that war is eventful. This is shown in Tennyson’s poem by; ‘into the jaws of death’ and in Owen’s poem by: ‘ iced east winds that knife us’. These metaphors along with the personification of death in both poems leads the reader to feel the tragic loss suffered in both WW1 and the battle of Balaclava and also leads them to the view that war is
The Charge of the Light Brigade (written by Alfred Lord Tennyson) was set in the Crimean war and the battle of Balaclava. Exposure however was set in the middle of World War 1, the poet Wilfred Owen was a soldier on the frontline during this war. Unfortunately, Wilfred Owen passed away exactly one week before ‘D’ day. This difference in contexts leads the poets’ to portray war in different ways. Tennyson heavily glorifies war: ’honour the charge they made’ this may have been a subjective view towards war as Tennyson had not visited Crimea or been on the battlefield and took inspiration from an article in The Times. This leads the modern reader to question Tennyson’s knowledge of what happened and immediately …show more content…
This gives the reader the impression that the soldiers are enjoying their time as a soldier despite their lives being on the line this gives the poem a propaganda feel. This juxtaposes the gloomy and boredom ridden tone of Owen’s poem: ‘our brains ache’ this symbolises the difference in the poets’ opinions. This could show the reader that soldier life is not as it seems on the propaganda posters and gives the reader the idea that war is not always the solution and should be avoided wherever possible. Vivid metaphors in both poems illustrate to the reader the opinion that war is eventful. This is shown in Tennyson’s poem by; ‘into the jaws of death’ and in Owen’s poem by: ‘ iced east winds that knife us’. These metaphors along with the personification of death in both poems leads the reader to feel the tragic loss suffered in both WW1 and the battle of Balaclava and also leads them to the view that war is