Charge of the Light Brigade

of this are the poems “The Charge of the light brigade” by Alfred Tennyson and “Facing It” by Yusef Komunyakaa. In the first of these, Tennyson, describing the heroism of soldiers during the Crimean War, expresses the struggles and the dangers experienced by the soldiers during the…

Many opinions come with the idea of war. Some see it as a chance to fight for what they believe in, while others claim it wastes a country’s money and resources. The difference in people’s views could be influenced by the media or the government. Either way, both sides can agree that when soldiers come back, they are different after fighting on the battlefield. War changes men whether they want it or not. After experiencing the horrors of war, soldiers form their own opinions about it. In the…

The horror of a senseless death or the sweetness of victory, how should one respond to matters of life or death? In these poems “Charge of the Light Brigade” and “Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” many may ask themselves these questions concerning life or death during war. There are many emotions involved when discussing any war. There are many states who have benefited from wars, and some who have suffered from wars. There are people who have lost their lives on the battlefield and honored as…

improve their retention. To test this, a study was conducted where fifty-six undergraduates were selected and split into two groups; each of the two groups were given ten minutes to read a 1500 word passage about fictional depictions of The Charge of The Light Brigade. Then the two groups were each told separate events would happen following the reading. The first group was told that they would have a test immediately following the reading, whereas, the second group was told that they would have…

In the short story “What I Saw of Shiloh” by Ambrose Bierce, he describes a great contrast between the nobility of officers and the brutality of battle. He paints a brutal picture of war in when he says “This fearful scene was enacted within fifty paces of our toes, but we were rooted to the ground as if we had grown there. But now our commanding officer rode from behind us to front, waved his hand with the courteous gesture that says après vous, and with a barely audible cheer we sprang into…

This essay aims to explore the way in which Hughes and Ann Duffy present the effects of conflict in both Bayonet Charge and War Photographer. I will discuss this through the negative effects of war, the structure of the poem and the imagery used by both poets. Both poems present the negative effects of war. In bayonet charge the writer intended to present it as having an extremely violent nature to cause extreme suffering both physically and mentally. The simile 'Like a man who has jumped up in…

The poems War Song by a warrior from the Crow tribe and Song of War by an individual from the Blackfeet contrast courage through the Crow’s views on the eternal bliss of the afterlife, which gives a neutral view on battle and the Blackfeet fear of death and the fate that follows the dangerous risks of war. Song of War is about a warrior who fears going into battle and prays that he will be saved from going, while War Song is about not anxiously anticipating war and death, emphasizing that even…

Owen and “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson are the two poems that can show these two different point of views on war. These two poems share the same topic which is war but each view the topic in its own different way. Wilfred Owen was a soldier during his lifetime and he wrote “Dulce et Decorum Est” from the perspective of a soldier who had fought in a war. On the other hand, Alfred, Lord Tennyson was an English poet and he wrote “The Charge of the Light Brigade” from…

So when King Richard spurred his horse and galloped toward the broken line, calling out to his soldiers to turn back to the battle and fight. He was barely halfway across the field when the unsecured horse's shoe flew off. The horse stumbled and fell, and King Richard was thrown to the ground in front of the enemy. King Richard looked around him and saw that his soldiers were turning and running and the enemy's troops were closing in to him. His army had fallen to pieces, his troops were busy…

The poem, “War is Kind” (1899), by Stephen Crane, mocks anyone who thinks that war can produce peace. Crane pushes this mocking tone to put forth an opinion to enlighten his readers that no matter the awards and glory a person may receive for losing someone to war, war will only leave people heartbroken and lonely, hence the idea that war will never be kind. Crane develops his poem by taunting the readers through the use of literary devices such as irony, personification and similes. In stanza…