Lord Tennyson Vs. Wilfred Owen Essay - 730 Words

Both of these poets wrote well known poetry about war. Despite Charge of the Light Brigade by Lord Alfred Tennyson and Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen were written in different centuries, they deal with the subject of war and describe the ups and downs of it. On one hand, Alfred Tennyson heard of the charge made by the light brigade and it was when he wrote his poem with no experience of the event. However, Wilfred Owen actually fought in the First World War, and wrote, unlike Lord Tennyson, from his own experience. Although they deal with the subject of the war, both of them create a different feeling and idea about war. Lord Tennyson described more the glory and honour rather than the death and the suffering, this†¦show more content†¦The rhythm in the two poems also helps to create this feeling of war that I have been talking so far. Regarding to The Charge of the Light Brigade, this poem has short quick lines creating a sense of speed or urgency. Some of the lines also create a beat rather like galloping horses, especially the first lines of the poem: Half a league, half a league Half a league onward. This creates the effect of a quick and fast paced battle and with a rhythm of galloping horses, it creates an optimistic feeling. Dulce et Decorum Est, for its part, has longer lines than that of The Charge of the Light Brigade a: Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots Of tired, outstripped five-nines that dropped behind. The longer lines used show us how Wilfred Owen has tried to create a more dreary, bleak and sad feeling about war. We can find a frequent repetition of one word or more in Alfred Tennysons poem: Rode the six hundred, the poet uses this repetition of the words six hundred. This repetition of the words is used exclusively to create an impact on the readers and leaves them in awe. The reader sees the words six hundred and realizes at how many people were actually fighting on the battle. Tennyson continued to use the phrase but also changed the words that go with it: Not the six hundred Left of six hundred Noble six hundred. This makes this line unforgettable for