Pre 1914 Poetry Comparison: Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Charge Of The :: English Literature

Pre 1914 Poetry comparing Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Charge Of TheLight aggroup, and Wilfred Owen, Dulce Et Decorum Est1) The Charge Of The Light aggroupTennyson was prompted to write this poem after reading an article inthe quantify newspaper about the charge of the Light Brigade. Tennysonsmain motive for physical composition this poem seems to be to celebrate the bra veryof the troops.Tennyson appears to be a patriot. He revolve abouts on the brave appearance thesoldiers went into effective certain death and totally makes one mention ofthe complete cock-up made by the generals. Rather than concentrate onthe mistakes made he sticks with celebrating what the soldiers didWhen can their glory fade? he asks. The use of the rhetorical isalmost challenging you to disagree with his opinion of the soldiersbravery.Tennyson uses a lot of things like onomatopoeia, repetition andalliteration. He uses repetition to try and show, in words, theconfusion of the affair. An example of this i s Cannon to right ofthem, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them. He uses all ofthese things to try and create imagery of the battle, to champion try andimagine what the battle was like. However what he doesnt do is hedoesnt personalise he always generalises. He gives you a picture ofthe battle without actually giving accounts of the actions of the men.The pace of the poem is the same all the way through except for onepoint at the end of the poop verse. For most of the poem the pace isquite fast, with a rhythm similar to the clatter of horses hooves(on purpose or by accident?). But near the end of the fourth verse,after speaking of the battle and the slaughter of umteen men, the paceslows for about one line. Then they rode back, but not, Not the sixhundred. The infract between back and but is cleverly used toemphasise the loss of life.An image that recurs a lot in the poem is personification of thevalley into which the Light Brigade rode into some kind of monster, adev ourer of human life. The phrases the jaws of Death and mouth ofHell are used to a greater extent than once, an important piece of imagery.Alfred Lord Tennyson did not have first raft experience of the battleand it shows in the poem. The Charge Of The Light Brigade is verygeneralised, with the word them constantly being used. No actions orfate of any(prenominal) specific soldier is mentioned its always soldiers ratherthan soldier.My personal reaction to his poem is that it would have been better for