Different attitudes towards war

The charge of the light brigade is written by Alfred Lord Tennyson.  The poem tells us about the light brigade going after guns and end up in valley surrounded by Russian soldiers “cannons to the right of, Cannons to the left of them, cannons in front them”.  The men knew the order was wrong but they went on “ Theirs not to make reply, theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die”. In the poem the poet uses onomatopoeia“ volley’d and thunder’d”.  The poet thinks the men are heroes and they did their patriotic duties and he said, “When can their glory fade”.  The poem tells how the men did the charge without fear and even though they knew they got wrong orders.  The poet shows the wrong view of war because he says war is glorious and everyman should die for his country.

The poem Dulce ET Decorum Est was written by Wilfred Owen during World War One.  The poem is written in three stanzas, giving us a good picture of how ugly war is “Blood comes gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs”.  Owen description of war is realistic because he was there and seen everything that happened.  In the second stanza he describes in vivid detail how the men are dying “guttering, choking, drowning”.  In the third stanza he tells us how the men were flung on the wagon and how the blood came up from their lungs as they went over every jolt on the road.  The poem is effective because he tells us how the war really happened and described it in great detail, instead of telling us it is patriotic to die for your country.

The poem “who’s for the game?” Is Written by Jessie Pope, the poem was written during World War One.  The poem was written to help recruit and sustain the war effort, to do this she